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Six example sentences with covenant, each labelled with its topic.
The deed carries a covenant forbidding any owner from felling the oaks along the eastern boundary.
Law
Scottish ministers signed a covenant in 1638 promising to defend their church against changes imposed from London.
History
A neighborhood covenant limits every roof to slate, which is why the whole hillside looks uniformly gray.
Architecture
The loan carries a covenant requiring the company to keep debt below three times earnings, or the bank can demand repayment.
Finance
Every franchisee signs a covenant not to open a competing restaurant within ten miles for five years after leaving.
Business
Dozens of states signed the covenant on civil and political rights, though several attached exceptions to its clauses.
Politics
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