Covin

Covin
This article is about the legal term. For the Covin kit car, see Covin (automobile).

Covin (from the Fr. covine, or couvine, from Lat. convenire, to come together), an association of persons, so used in the Statute of Labourers of 1360, which, inter alia, declared void all alliances and covins of stonemasons and carpenters.

The more common use of the term in English law was for a secret agreement between persons to cheat and defraud, but the word is now obsolete, and has been superseded by collusion or conspiracy to cheat and defraud.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 


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  • Covin — Cov in (k?v ?n), n. [OF. covine, covaine, fr. covenir to agree. See {Covenant}.] 1. (Law) A collusive agreement between two or more persons to prejudice a third. [1913 Webster] 2. Deceit; fraud; artifice. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • covin — [kuv′in] n. 〚ME: see COVEN〛 1. Archaic treachery or fraud, or a group engaged in this 2. Law a conspiracy of two or more people to defraud or injure another or others * * * …   Universalium

  • covin — index collusion, fraud, machination Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • covín — 1 (Chi.) m. *Maíz tostado. 2 En algunos sitios, *trigo tostado …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • covin — [kuv′in] n. [ME: see COVEN] 1. Archaic treachery or fraud, or a group engaged in this 2. Law a conspiracy of two or more people to defraud or injure another or others …   English World dictionary

  • covin — n. 1 Law a conspiracy to commit a crime etc. against a third party. 2 archaic fraud, deception. Etymology: ME f. OF covin(e) f. med.L convenium ia f. convenire: see CONVENE …   Useful english dictionary

  • Covin (automobile) — This article is about the Covin kit car. For the legal term, see covin. Covin Production Early 1980s–1990 Approx Body style 2 door coupe 2+2 2 door convertible 2+2 Layout Rear engine, rear wheel drive …   Wikipedia

  • covin-tree — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: covin (I) + tree : a tree in front of a Scottish mansion beneath which a laird or owner formerly met his visitors or his retainers …   Useful english dictionary

  • covin — Synonyms and related words: artifice, cabal, chicane, chicanery, collusion, complicity, complot, confederacy, connivance, connivery, conspiracy, contrivance, contriving, counterplot, deep laid plot, dodgery, engineering, finagling, finesse, foul… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • covin — n. conspiracy, collusion, plot …   English contemporary dictionary

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