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deed<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nn.\u00a0<\/em>(bef. 12c)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1<\/strong><\/span>. A written instrument by which land is conveyed.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2. At common law, any written instrument that is signed, sealed, and delivered and that conveys some interest in property.\u00a0 <\/strong>See\u00a0special contract and\u00a0<\/em>contract under seal\u00a0<\/em>under CONTRACT.<\/strong>\u2014 aka\u00a0(in senses 2 and 3)\u00a0<\/span>evidence of title<\/span><\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0Cf. CONVEYANCE; BILL OF SALE. \u2014 deed<\/strong><\/em><\/span>,\u00a0vb<\/em>. [1]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Broadly defined, a writing sealed and delivered by the parties; in the modern sense, an instrument conveying<\/span> real property<\/a> or an interest therein.<\/span>\u00a0 23 Am J2d Deeds\u00a0\u00a7 1<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. A document by which<\/span> real property<\/a>, or an interest in real property, is conveyed from one person to another.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2<\/span><\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0<\/strong>verb.\u00a0<\/em>To transfer or convey by deed.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0Excerpt from Henry Finch’s\u00a0<\/span>Law, or a Discourse Thereof<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(1759):<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>\u201cA deed is a writing sealed and delivered. \u00a0For if either a parchment without writing be delivered as one\u2019s deed, yet it is not his deed, though an obligation be afterwards written in it: or if it be a writing but not sealed at the time of the delivery of it as his deed, it is a scrole and not his\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong>deed. \u00a0 Or if l make and seal a deed, and the party take it without my delivery, I may plead it is not my deed.<\/span>\u201d<\/strong> [4]<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Excerpt from Ray Andrews Brown’s\u00a0The Law of Personal Property<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(2d ed. 1955):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0“What then is a deed? \u00a0 Unfortunately the word is not free from ambiguity.\u00a0 In the original and technical sense a deed is a written instrument under the seal of the party executing it.\u00a0 Because, however, of the wide use of such instruments in the conveyance of real estate, it has come to mean in popular acceptance any formal conveyance for the transfer of land or of an interest therein.\u00a0 The dual use of the term has crept into the language of courts and law writers, so that in the reading of cases it is difficult to determine whether the word is used in the first and original sense, or whether it connotes a formal instrument of the type ordinarily employed for the conveyance bf land.<\/span>\u201d<\/strong> [5]<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Excerpt from Gerald Dworkin’s\u00a0Odgers\u2019 Construction of Deeds and Statutes<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(5th ed. 1967):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cAll deeds are documents, but not all documents are deeds.\u00a0 For instance, a legend chalked on a brick wall, or a writing tattooed on a sailor\u2019s back may be documents but they are not deeds. A deed is, therefore, a particular kind of document. It must be a writing and a writing on paper or its like, e.g., vellum or parchment.\u00a0 Any instrument under seal is a deed if made between private persons. It must be signed, sealed, and delivered. A deed must either <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(a) effect the transference of an interest, right or property, or<\/span>
\n(b) create an obligation binding on some person or persons, o<\/span>
\n (c) confirm some act whereby an interest, right, or property has already passed.<\/span>\u201d<\/strong> [6]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]:\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a>with Pronunciations
\n<\/em>Third Edition<\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span>Legal Assistant Edition<\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[4]:\u00a0Henry Finch, Law, or a Discourse Thereof<\/em><\/a> 108 (1759).<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[5]:\u00a0Ray Andrews Brown, The Law of Personal Property<\/em><\/a> 5 46, at 11819 (2d ed. 1955).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[6]:\u00a0Gerald Dworkin, Odgers\u2019 Construction of Deeds and Statutes<\/em><\/a> 1 (5th ed. 1967).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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