covenants
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Hileman figured the need to invest all that capital would cause private-credit firms to make loans that offered their investors lower returns and came with fewer protections, known as covenants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
"It was probably the covenants that were the important thing," Ian reflected, "because it was something that we were agreeing between us to do, which just binds us that little bit closer together."
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025
A clause placed in thousands of L.A. property deeds in 1902 restricted housing covenants at the time West Adams Heights and many other L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025
With the Covenant Homeownership Program set to launch this summer, potentially hundreds of families could realize the dream denied them, their parents or grandparents because of state-supported restrictive covenants.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
But Achilles answered, “Madman. There are no covenants between sheep and wolves, nor between you and me.”
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
