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action on the covenant [3 records]

Record 1 2019-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
CONT

Covenant was the remedy for the breach of an agreement, other than one to pay a sum of money, contained in a deed, whether indented or poll.

OBS

The claim was for damages for the non-fulfilment of a convenant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
  • Droit des contrats (common law)

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Actions
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

The action of covenant was a means of enforcing obligations, but only those obligations which had been stipulated in an instrument made under seal -- a deed. (L.R.C.B.C., Deeds and Seals, p. 5)

OBS

action of covenant: Not to be confused with "action on the covenant" which is an action brought by a mortgagee for the violation of the terms of a covenant contained in a mortgage instrument.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Actions en justice
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
CONT

La violation d'un covenant ouvrait autrefois la voie à une action en covenant [...] introduite par un bref de covenant [...]; l'une et l'autre ont disparu au XIXe siècle.

OBS

action de covenant; action en covenant : Ne pas confondre avec «action pour violation de covenant». L'action pour violation de covenant est un recours hypothécaire.

OBS

action de covenant : qualifiant ce terme d'historique, le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO) n'a pas tenu à le normaliser

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Actions
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

Once the mortgagor has made default in payment of the mortgage debt, the mortgagee is entitled to pursue any or all of his remedies ... Hence the mortgagee can at the same time sue for payment on the covenant to pay principal and interest, for possession of the mortgaged estate, and for foreclosure ... If the mortgagee realises part of the debt by his action on the covenant, or by sale of part of the property, he must give credit in the foreclosure action for the amount realised, and if, after foreclosure, he proceeds on the covenant, he re-opens the foreclosure.

OBS

action on the covenant: Not to be confused with "action of covenant," which consisted in a claim for damages arising from the breach of a promise made under seal, prior to the Judicature Acts (1873-1875).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Actions en justice
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

action pour violation de covenant : Ne pas confondre avec «action de covenant» et «action en covenant», qui désignent une ancienne action en justice disparue au XIXe siècle qui visait la réclamation de dommages-intérêts pour la violation d'un covenant.

OBS

action pour violation de covenant : terme normalisé dans le cadre du Programme de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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