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  1. covinnoun

    fraud, deception

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Covin, Covinenoun

    A deceitful agreement between two or more, to the hurt of another. John Cowell

Wikipedia

  1. Covin

    Covin (from the Fr. covine, or couvine, from Lat. convenire, to come together), an association of persons, so used in the Statute of Labourers of 1360, which, inter alia, declared void "all alliances and covins of stonemasons and carpenters".The more common use of the term in English law was for a secret agreement between persons to cheat and defraud, but the word is now obsolete and has been superseded by "collusion" or "conspiracy to cheat and defraud".

Webster Dictionary

  1. Covinnoun

    a collusive agreement between two or more persons to prejudice a third

  2. Covinnoun

    deceit; fraud; artifice

  3. Etymology: [OF. covine, covaine, fr. covenir to agree. See Covenant.]

Wikidata

  1. Covin

    Covin, an association of persons, so used in the Statute of Labourers of 1360, which, inter alia, declared void all alliances and covins of stonemasons and carpenters. The more common use of the term in English law was for a secret agreement between persons to cheat and defraud, but the word is now obsolete and has been superseded by collusion or conspiracy to cheat and defraud. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed.. Encyclopædia Britannica. Cambridge University Press.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Covin

    kuv′in, n. a compact: a conspiracy.—adjs. Cov′inous, Cov′enous, deceitful. [O. Fr. covin—Late L. convenium—L. convena, a meeting—con, together, venīre, to come.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. COVIN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Covin is ranked #23576 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Covin surname appeared 1,077 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Covin.

    48.1% or 518 total occurrences were Black.
    44.2% or 477 total occurrences were White.
    3.9% or 43 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    3% or 33 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.5% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of covin in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of covin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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