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Covenant, in its most general sense, is a word for a solemn contract or similar undertaking.
Under the common law a covenant was distinguished from an ordinary contract by the presence of a seal. Because the presence of a seal indicated an unusual solemnity in the promises made in a covenant, the common law would enforce a covenant even in the absence of consideration, or quid pro quo.
In this sense, covenants are more or less obsolete in the American, England, and other jurisdictions that use the tradition of common law; seals no longer have much significance, especially after the adoption of reforms that affected contracts, such as the Uniform Commercial Code which allows contracts to be formed with fewer formalities.
The word covenant is also given to certain privately arranged rules that attach to specific tracts of real property; usually these state restrictions on how the land can be used, and thus are generally known as restrictive covenants.
Historically, certain treaties and compacts have been given the name of covenant, most notably the Solemn League and Covenant that marked the Covenanters, a Protestant political organisation important in the history of ScotlandScotland or in Scottish Gaelic, Alba is a country and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four nations comprising the United Kingdom. Scotland occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Scotland took part in a p. Other important documents that have been given the name covenant include the International Covenant on Civil and Political RightsThe International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is a United Nations treaty based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Because the Universal Declaration of Human Rights contained both first-generation civil and political rights and second and the Palestinian National CovenantThe Palestinian National Covenant (Arabic: al-Mithaq al-Watani al-Filastini is the charter or constitution of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). It was adopted at the time of the establishment of the PLO in 1964, and extensively amended in 1968,.
The word is also given religious meaning by its use in BiblicalThe Bible (From Greek βιβλια biblia meaning "books", which in turn is derived from βυβλος byblos meaning "papyrus", from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported papyrus) interpretation; for more see Covenant (theological term). Covenant theologyCovenant Theology is a school of Biblical interpretation that provides one alternative to Dispensationalism and is a form of Supersessionism. Though different flavours of Covenant Theology exist, they generally share the idea that throughout Biblical hist in particular focuses on various covenants between God and Israel, and between God and the Christian church; Dispensationalism, on the other hand,uses the terminology in a different sense, although the imagery of covenants is maintained.
There is also a Swedish Elecro-band called Covenant.
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