warrant y, warraunty, warran tie

[O. Fr. warantie, garantie.] IMG:content-0676.png:[blocks in formation] II. Law : 1. A promise or covenant by deed, made by the bargainer, for himself and his heirs, to warrant or secure the bargainee and his heirs against all men in the enjoyment of an estate or other thing granted. The use of warranties in conveyances has long been superseded by covenants for title, whereby, as the covenanter engages for his executors and administrators, his personal as well as his real a ets are answerable for the performance of the covenant. 2. Any promise (expre or implied by law, according to circumstances) from a vendor to a purchaser, that the thing sold is the vendor's to sell, and is good and fit for use, or at least for such use as the purchaser intends to make of it. Warranties in insurance are absolute conditions, non-compliance with which voids the insurance. When expre , these warranties should appear in the policy, but there are certain implied warranties. "Some few years ago an ill-advised cabman brought an action in one of the Superior Courts to contend that quiet in harne involved a warranty of soundne ."-Field, March 17, 1888. war-rant-ỹ, v. t. [WARRANTY, 8. ] To warrant, to guarantee.