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 '''{{tag|Warranty}}''': A {{tag|warranty}} is a contractual statement of the truth of a present fact, the failure of falsehood entitles the innocent party to sue for damages for [[breach of contract]] (to compensate it for the value of the contract had the statement been correct). It also has a specific meaning as a guarantee of merchantability in the context of a “Manufacturer's Warranty”.
 This is why so often you see that most laborious of constructions:  “[[representations and warranties]]” — the combination giving the wronged party the maximum possible range of remedies.
-'''{{tag|Undertaking}}''': An {{tag|undertaking}}, in a contractual context, is really no different from a promise (though a [[solicitor’s undertaking]] is a quite different thing). You might characterise it as a specific promise to ensure that someone ''else'' does something (rather than the person making the promise itself), but it isn't generally used that way.
+'''[[Promise]]''': This, in ''Horton Hatches the Egg'' terms, is what you meant when you said, and what you said when you meant. A [[promise]], if [[offer|offered]], [[acceptance|accepted]] and accompanied by [[consideration]], is your legally binding obligation under a [[contract]].
-'''{{tag|Covenant}}''': A {{tag|covenant}}, strictly speaking, is a promise executed by [[deed]], though usage has long since slipped away from that except in the context of transactions involving the conveyance of land.
+'''{{tag|Undertaking}}''': An {{tag|undertaking}}, in a contractual context, is really no different from a [[promise]] (though a [[solicitor’s undertaking]] is a quite different thing). You might characterise it as a specific promise to ensure that someone ''else'' does something (rather than the person making the promise itself), but it isn’t generally used that way.
+'''{{tag|Covenant}}''': A {{tag|covenant}}, strictly speaking, is a [[promise]] executed by [[deed]], though usage has long since slipped away from that except for transactions involving the conveyance of land.
 In any other context, therefore, {{tag|covenant}}s and {{tag|undertaking}}s are nothing more than fancy words for {{tag|promise}}s, and any lover of {{tag|plain English}} should therefore seek them out and, with extreme prejudice, relieve them of their command.