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promises with legal teeth and biblical guilt built in.
means a binding agreement, often invoking something higher than a handshake — law, god, or land.
from from latin convenire, to come together; the term got serious weight in hebrew scripture as the deal between god and his people, then got borrowed by lawyers who liked the gravitas.
real estate userestrictive covenants once legally enforced racial segregation.
biblical countscholars count at least eight major covenants in the bible.
loan versioncovenants can trigger default even if you never miss a payment.