Covin

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Covin \Cov"in\ (k?v"?n), n. [OF. covine, covaine, fr. covenir to
     agree. See {Covenant}.]
     1. (Law) A collusive agreement between two or more persons to
        prejudice a third.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. Deceit; fraud; artifice. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "covin":
     artifice, cabal, chicane, chicanery, collusion, complicity,
     complot, confederacy, connivance, connivery, conspiracy,
     contrivance, contriving, counterplot, deep-laid plot, dodgery,
     engineering, finagling, finesse, foul play, frame-up, game,
     intrigue, little game, machination, maneuvering, manipulation,
     pettifoggery, pettifogging, plot, plotting, practice, rigging,
     scheme, schemery, scheming, sharp practice, skulduggery, sleight,
     stratagem, supercherie, trick, trickery, underhand dealing,
     underplot, web of intrigue, wire-pulling
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  COVIN, fraud. A secret contrivance between two or more persons to defraud and
  
  prejudice another of his rights. Co. Litt 357, b; Com. Dig. Covin, A; 1 Vin. 
  Abr. 473. Vide Collusion; Fraud.