When the lessor covenants to do all repairs, and fails to do so, the lessee may repair, and deduct the cost from the rent.
Thus, in buying a leasehold estate or house, all thecovenants of the original lease are presumed to be known.
It seemed as though they considered the most sacred promises and covenants of no account, and made only to be trampled upon, when in the way of their Moloch.
In return for this, those who take their endowments make covenants with each other and their God, that they will observe the instructions given, and will carry them out in their daily lives.
And if he repent he shall be forgiven, according to the covenants and commandments of the Church.
And now concerning the items in addition to the covenants and commandments, they are these: 14.
It was my endeavor to so organize the Church, that the brethren might eventually be independent of every incumbrance beneath the celestial kingdom, by bonds and covenants of mutual friendship, and mutual love.
And thou shalt assist to settle all these things according to the covenants of the Church before thou shalt take thy journey among the Lamanites.
And again, every person who belongeth to this Church of Christ, shall observe to keep all the commandments and covenants of the Church.
Behold, I say unto you that all old covenants have I caused to be done away in this thing; and this is a new and an everlasting covenant, even that which was from the beginning.
Wherefore lift up thy heart and rejoice, and cleave unto the covenantswhich thou hast made.
And ye shall remember the Church articles and covenants to keep them.
And they shall observe the covenants and Church articles to do them, and these shall be their teachings, as they shall be directed by the Spirit; 14.
Keep all the commandments and covenants by which ye are bound; and I will cause the heavens to shake for your good, and Satan shall tremble and Zion shall rejoice upon the hills and flourish, 25.
Discuss Section 76 of the Doctrine & Covenants as one of the most valuable promissory notes ever given to mankind.
Let us conclude this chapter with that wonderful passage from the Doctrine & Covenants which gives us the word of the Lord on this matter of controlling others: "Behold, there are many called, but few are chosen.
In what way do the former Covenants bind the present generation?
Let the children of the Covenants take heed lest they forget the duties, forfeit the blessings, prove themselves untrustworthy, and trample their heavenly crown in the dust.
The Land of the Covenants In the Highlands Chapter II.
The Covenants have been the glory and strength of the Church in the past; will they not be safety and stability to the Church in the present?
Listen to the words that seem to be on ten thousand lips: "The Covenants; the Covenants shall be Scotland's reviving!
The former Covenants had been broken; the oath was profaned, the obligations denied, the penalty defied; the Lord had been provoked to pour out His wrath upon the Land.
The Covenantshave ever been Scotland's hope, strength, and glory.
Many instances had occurred in their history, of covenants with God, and of other covenants, like that of Abraham with Abimelech, or that of Jacob with Laban.
Thereafter they were admitted to the commonwealth of Israel, and had an interest in the covenants of promise.
Hay Fleming, The Story of the Scottish Covenants in Outline (Edinburgh, 1904), p.
Footnote 297: For the Covenantsof the Scottish Church, cf.
Hay Fleming, The Story of the Scottish Covenants in Outline (Edinburgh, 1904).
This "Band subscrived by the Lords" was the first (if the promise made by the gentlemen of the Mearns be excepted) of the many Covenants famous in the history of the Church of Scotland Reformed.
We should continue to promote peace by our example, and fortify it by such international covenants against war as we are permitted under our Constitution to make.
No representative of any self-governed nation will dare disregard it by attempting any such covenants of selfishness and compromise as were entered into at the Congress of Vienna.
It seems desirable, therefore, in order to protect and promote the public welfare, to have adequate covenants that such experimentation be made and carried on to success.
All covenants restricting competition have been declared null and further performance of them has been enjoined.
Open covenants openly arrived at--weren't those his words for the new diplomacy?
Therefore there can be no understanding between you and me, nor may there be any covenants between us, till one or other shall fall and glut grim Mars with his life's blood.
Where are our covenants now, and where the oaths that we have taken?
There can be no covenants between men and lions, wolves and lambs can never be of one mind, but hate each other out and out an through.
Again, if there are agreements or covenants in a contract of a continuing character the bankrupt is still liable on them notwithstanding his discharge in bankruptcy.
Suppose the purchaser of land discovered there was an unpaid mortgage thereon, though the deed covenants or declares that it is free from all encumbrances.
This deed also contains warrants or covenants like the one first described.
In such a deed the grantor or seller agrees or covenants to do usually four or more specific things: first, he asserts that he has a right to convey the land at the time of the sale.
I reply by asking another question: Why did not the revelations in the book of Doctrine and Covenants come to us in print years before they did?
Open covenants of peace openly arrived at, after which there shall be no private international understandings of any kind, but diplomacy shall always proceed frankly and in the public view.
Why, they complain of such covenants as they can, though their deepest affliction is to be found in the fact that they do not own other men's lands.
A possession of twenty years under a mortgage is as good as a deed in fee-simple, with full covenants of warranty, barring minors and femes covert.
Both give the tenant a permanent interest, being leases forever, reserving annual rent, with the right to distrain and covenants of re-entry.
By that Constitution, the State deliberately deprived itself of the power to touch the covenants of these leases, without conceding the power to any other government; unless it might be through a change of the Constitution itself.
Yet these tenures existed when the institutions were formed, and one of the provisions of the institutions themselves guarantees the observance of the covenants under which the tenures exist.
Altering a provision of the common law does not preclude parties from making covenants similar to its ancient provisions.
The statute of quia emptores abolished that general principle, but it in no manner forbade parties to enter into covenants of the nature of quarter-sales, did they see fit.
But let this pass as it will, why are covenants made, if they are not to be regarded?
If we conclude a peace, It shall be with such strict and severe covenants As little shall the Frenchmen gain thereby.
Let specialities be therefore drawn between us, That covenants may be kept on either hand.
It should be observed, moreover, that there certainly is a difference between the two covenants in their respective view of symbols of the Almighty.
In other words, the Pope's proposals were regarded as untenable because the Allies could not trust the kaiser and his government to respect any covenants that might flow from them.
We have recently committed ourselves by covenants with the other great nations to a limitation of our sea power.
This scheme of covenants would have been wise and proper, if it had belonged to a judicious order, and rational, consistent scheme of discipline.
They are bound to a repetition of these covenants at every step of their progress, from writer to factor, from factor to junior merchant, and from junior merchant to senior merchant.
They ought, according to the rule, to renew these covenants at these times by something (I speak without offence) which may be said to resemble confirmation in the Church.
The laws that we have made, thecovenants which the Company has obliged its servants to enter into, the occasional orders that have been given, at least ostensibly good, all have proved noxious to the country, instead of beneficial.
The Court of Directors sent out orders to enlarge the servants' covenants with new and severe clauses, strongly prohibiting the practice of receiving presents.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "covenants" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
