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Definition of Covinous
1. a. Deceitful; collusive; fraudulent; dishonest.
Definition of Covinous
1. Adjective. (legal) deceitful; collusive; fraudulent; dishonest ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Covinous
1. fraudulent [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Covinous
Literary usage of Covinous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Oddities of the Law by Franklin Fiske Heard (1881)
"... while Equity extends its relief to meet almost every variety of legal subterfuge
in all its windings and ramifications, and tracks a covinous defendant ..."
2. Lex Vadiorum: The Law of Mortgages by Samuel Carter (1728)
"covinous Payment. In what Cafes an Entry may be made into the Laud, though the
Money be faid and accepted. See before r, ?• * i. ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law and Practice of Voluntary Assignments for the Benefit by Alexander Mansfield Burrill, James Lord Bishop (1882)
"In the second section, they are described as "guileful, covinous and fraudulent
... The bonds prohibited are also described as <' covinous and feigned. ..."
4. The Reading Upon the Statute of Uses of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon, William Henry Rowe (1806)
"former expression of our author which has been commented upon in note 8, some
modern writers have held, that the cases of special covinous intents mentioned ..."
5. A Treatise on Crimes and Indictable Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell (1828)
"And the third section enacts, " That And that the " all and every the parties to
such fained, covinous, and fraudu- parties to such " lent gifts, grants, ..."
6. A Collection of Acts Relating to the Transfer Of, Or Dealing With, Land by New South Wales (1877)
"And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all and every the
parties to such feigned, covinous, or fraudulent feoffment, gift, grant, ..."
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