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ACTION COVENANT [2 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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