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COVENANTOR (law) and sag (medicine)


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.

sag (medicine)


sag


1. To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges.

2. To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced. "the mind I sway by, and the heart I bear, Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear." (Shak)

3. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily. To sag to leeward, to make much leeway by reason of the wind, sea, or current; to drift to leeward; said of a vessel.

Origin: Akin to Sw. Sacka to settle, sink down, LG.sacken, D. Zakken. Cf. Sink.

Source: Websters Dictionary