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.