restrictive covenantrestrictive covenant: in contract law, a contractual promise...: in contract law, a contractual promise which imposes or purports to impose a restraint of traderestraint of trade: a restriction on a party’s right to ca... on the party giving the promise; often found in contracts of employment, to prevent employees from soliciting customers, poaching other employees, or competing with the employer for a certain time period following terminationtermination: in contract law, the cessation of the term of t... of employment; an employment law restrictive covenantrestrictive covenant: in contract law, a contractual promise... will be unenforceable unless the employer can show that the restrictive covenantrestrictive covenant: in contract law, a contractual promise... goes no further than reasonably necessary in order to protect the employer’s legitimate business interests.