Lexicographical Neighbors of Covins
Literary usage of Covins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London by Arnold Fitz-Thedmar (1863)
"... and proclamation had been made throughout all the City to a like effect, that
no persons should hold any parley, conventicles by themselves, or covins, ..."
2. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1879)
"It is frauds in contracts, bargains, and assurances, and abuses of laws by delays,
covins, vexations and corruptions in informers, jurors, ministers of ..."
3. Popular Law-making: A Study of the Origin, History, and Present Tendencies by Frederic Jesup Stimson (1910)
"The provision against alliances and covins was extended to cover trades-unions,
their rules and by-laws, as well as strikes, which were also considered ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1869)
"... and citizens may the better detect the frauds, covins, and deceits of all
persons so concealing and withdrawing the said goods and merchandises, ..."
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