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Barr body (iou) and COVENANTOR (law)


Barr body (iou)



Barr body noun phr. M20.
[from M. L. Barr (1908-95), Canad. anatomist.]
Genetics. A strongly heterochromatic body just inside the membrane of non-dividing cell nuclei in females, representing a condensed, inactive X chromosome and diagnostic of genetic femaleness.

COVENANTOR (law)


COVENANTOR. One who becomes bound to perform a covenant. 2. To become a covenantor a person must be sui juris, and intend, at 2. To become a covenantor a person must be sui juris, and intend, at the time of becoming bound, to covenant to perform some act mentioned in the the time of becoming bound, to covenant to perform some act mentioned in the covenant. He can be discharged from his covenant by performance, or, by the covenant. He can be discharged from his covenant by performance, or, by the act of the covenantee, as the non-performance of a condition precedent, a act of the covenantee, as the non-performance of a condition precedent, a release, or a rescission of the contract. release, or a rescission of the contract.