non infregit conventionem

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non infregit conventionem - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  NON INFREGIT CONVENTIONEM, pleading. A plea in an action of covenant. This 
  plea is not a general issue, it merely denies that the defendant has broken 
  the covenants on which he is sued. It being in the negative, it cannot be 
  used where the breach is also in the negative. Bac Ab. Covenant L; 3 Lev. 
  19; 2 Taunt. 278; 1 Aik. R. 150; 4 Dall. 436; 7 Cowen, R. 71.