covenantor
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covenantor
a party who makes a promise and who is to perform the obligation expressed in a COVENANT.Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006
COVENANTOR. One who becomes bound to perform a covenant.
2. To become a covenantor a person must be sui juris, and intend, at
the time of becoming bound, to covenant to perform some act mentioned in the
covenant. He can be discharged from his covenant by performance, or, by the
act of the covenantee, as the non-performance of a condition precedent, a
release, or a rescission of the contract.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.