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Article 6 of the covenant holds: “Every human being has the inherent right to life. This right shall be protected by law. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life.”

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Home builders and buyers swore a covenant to never again favor the use value of a home over its exchange value — and to keep resale value in their hearts.

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Real estate agents used racially restrictive covenants to box out Black residents from all but a few neighborhoods in L.A.

Racially restrictive covenants and zoning codes became a precondition of federal housing loans.

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In 1636, a small band traveled deep into the Connecticut River Valley, north of Hartford, and established rural towns through a covenant with the Pocumtuck Indians.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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