Restrictive covenant

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Restrictive covenants are binding promises a person makes to third parties not to do something. In property law it is often things like building a second storey and blocking the view. In banking it tends to be things like granting someone else a security interest over your assets (a “negative pledge”).

See also

• Negative pledge