Deed

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deed \Deed\ (d[=e]d), a.
     Dead. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Deed \Deed\, n. [AS. d[=ae]d; akin to OS. d[=a]d, D. & Dan.
     daad, G. that, Sw. d[*a]d, Goth. d[=e]ds; fr. the root of do.
     See {Do}, v. t.]
     1. That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an
        act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive
        application, including, whatever is done, good or bad,
        great or small.
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              And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye
              have done?                            --Gen. xliv.
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              We receive the due reward of our deeds. --Luke
                                                    xxiii. 41.
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              Would serve his kind in deed and word. --Tennyson.
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     2. Illustrious act; achievement; exploit. "Knightly deeds."
        --Spenser.
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              Whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn. --Dryden.
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     3. Power of action; agency; efficiency. [Obs.]
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              To be, both will and deed, created free. --Milton.
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     4. Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed.
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     5. (Law) A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or
        parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some
        transfer, bargain, or contract.
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     Note: The term is generally applied to conveyances of real
           estate, and it is the prevailing doctrine that a deed
           must be signed as well as sealed, though at common law
           signing was formerly not necessary.
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     {Blank deed}, a printed form containing the customary legal
        phraseology, with blank spaces for writing in names,
        dates, boundaries, etc.
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     6. Performance; -- followed by of. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     {In deed}, in fact; in truth; verily. See {Indeed}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deed \Deed\, v. t.
     To convey or transfer by deed; as, he deeded all his estate
     to his eldest son. [Colloq. U. S.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  deed
       n 1: a notable achievement; "he performed a great deed"; "the
            book was her finest effort" [syn: {feat}, {effort}, {exploit}]
       2: a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a
          transfer of property and to show the legal right to
          possess it; "he signed the deed"; "he kept the title to
          his car in the glove compartment" [syn: {deed of
          conveyance}, {title}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  125 Moby Thesaurus words for "deed":
     abalienate, accomplished fact, accomplishment, achievement, act,
     acta, action, adventure, agreement, alien, alienate, amortize,
     aristeia, arrangement, assign, bargain, barter, bequeath, blow,
     bold stroke, bond, cause, cede, charter, compact, confer, consign,
     contract, contract by deed, contract of record, contract quasi,
     convey, conveyance, coup, covenant, covenant of indemnity, crusade,
     dealings, debenture, debenture bond, deed of trust, deed over,
     deed poll, deliver, demise, devolve upon, document, doing, doings,
     effort, endeavor, enfeoff, enterprise, exchange, exploit,
     fait accompli, feat, formal contract, gaining, gest, give,
     give title to, go, group policy, hand, hand down, hand on,
     hand over, handiwork, heroic act, implied contract, indent,
     indenture, instrument, insurance policy, job, make over, maneuver,
     measure, mortgage deed, move, negotiate, operation, overt act,
     pact, parol contract, pass, pass on, pass over, passage,
     performance, policy, proceeding, production, promissory note,
     quest, recognizance, remise, res gestae, sell, settle, settle on,
     sign away, sign over, special contract, specialty,
     specialty contract, step, stroke, stunt, surrender, thing,
     thing done, title deed, tour de force, trade, transaction,
     transfer, transmit, turn, turn over, undertaking, winning, work,
     works
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  DEED, conveyancing, contracts. A writing or instrument, under seal, 
  containing some contract or agreement, and which has been delivered by the 
  parties. Co. Litt. 171; 2 Bl. Com. 295; Shep. Touch. 50. This applies to all 
  instruments in writing, under seal, whether they relate to the conveyance of 
  lands, or to any other matter; a bond, a single bill, an agreement in 
  writing, or any other contract whatever, when reduced to writing, which 
  writing is sealed and delivered, is as much a deed as any conveyance of 
  land. 2 Serg. & Rawle, 504; 1 Mood. Cr, Cas. 57; 5 Dana, 365; 1 How. Miss. 
  R. 154; 1 McMullan, 373. Signing is not necessary at common law to make a 
  deed. 2 Ev. Poth. 165; 11 Co. Rep. 278 6 S. & R. 311. 
       2. Deed, in its more confined sense, signifies a writing, by which 
  lands, tenements, and hereditaments are conveyed, which writing is sealed 
  and delivered by the parties. 
       3. The formal parts of a deed for the conveyance of land are, 1st. The 
  premises, which contains all that precedes the habendum, namely, the date, 
  the names and descriptions of the parties, the recitals, the consideration, 
  the receipt of the same, the grant, the full description of the thing 
  granted, and the exceptions, if any. 
       4.-2d. The habendum, which states that estate or interest is granted 
  by the deed this is sometimes, done in the premises. 
       5.-3d. The tenendum. This was formerly used to express the tenure by 
  which the estate granted was to be held; but now that all freehold tenures 
  have been converted into socage, the tenendum is of no use and it is 
  therefore joined to the habendum, under the formula to have and to hold. 
       6th. The redendum is that part of the deed by which the grantor 
  reserves something to himself, out of the thing granted, as a rent, under 
  the following formula, Yielding and paying. 
       7.-5th. The conditions upon which the grant is made. Vide Conditions. 
       8.-6th. The warranty, is that part by which the grantor warrants the 
  title to the grantee. This is general when the warrant is against all 
  persons, or special, when it is only against the grantor, his heirs, and 
  those claiming under him. See Warranty. 
       9.-7th. The covenants, if any; these are inserted to oblige the 
  parties or one of them, to do something beneficial to, or to abstain from 
  something, which, if done, might be prejudicial to the other. 
      10.-8th. The conclusion, which mentions the execution and the date, 
  either expressly, or by reference to the beginning. 
      11. The circumstances necessarily attendant upon a valid deed, are the 
  following: 1. It must be written or printed on parchment or paper. Litt. 
  229, a; 2 Bl. Com. 297. 2. There must be sufficient parties. 3. A proper 
  subject-matter which is the object of the grant. 4. A. sufficient 
  consideration. 5. An agreement properly set forth. 6. It must be read, if 
  desired. 7. It must be signed and sealed. 8. It must be delivered. 9. And 
  attested by witnesses. 10. It should be properly acknowledged before a 
  competent officer. 
      11. It ought to be recorded. 
      12. A deed may be avoided, 1. By alterations made in it subsequent to 
  its execution, when made by the party himself, whether they be material or 
  immaterial, and by any material alteration, made even by a stranger. Vide 
  Erasure; Interlineation. 
       2. By the disagreement of those parties whose concurrence is necessary; 
  for instance, in the case of a married woman by the disagreement of her 
  husband. 3. By the judgment of a competent tribunal. 
      13. According to Sir William Blackstone, 2 Com. 313, deeds may be 
  considered as (1), conveyances at common law, original and derivative. 1st. 
  The original are, 1. Feoffment. 2. Gift. 3. Grant. 4. Lease. 5. Exchange; 
  and 6. Partition. 2d. Derivative, which are 7. Release. 8. Confirmation. 9. 
  Surrender. 10. Assignment 11. Defeasance. (2). Conveyances which derive 
  their force by virtue of the statute of uses; namely, 12. Covenant to stand 
  seised to uses. 13. Bargain and sale of lands. 14. Lease and release. 15. 
  Deed to lead and declare uses. 16. Deed of revocation of uses. 
      14. The deed of, bargain and sale, is the most usual in the United 
  States. Vide Bargain and Sale. Chancellor Kent is of opinion that a deed 
  would be perfectly competent in any part of the United States, to convey the 
  fee, if it was to the following effect: "I, A, B, in consideration of one 
  dollar to me paid, by C D, do bargain and sell, (or in some of the states, 
  grant) to C D, and his heirs, (in New York, Virginia, and some other states, 
  the words, and his heirs may be omitted,) the lot of land, (describing it,) 
  witness my hand and seal," &c. 4 Kent, Com. 452. Vide, generally, Bouv. 
  Inst. Index, h.t.; Vin. Abr. Fait; Com. Dig. Fait; Shep. Touch. ch. 4; 
  Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; 4 Cruise's Dig. passim. 
      15. Title deeds are considered as part of the inheritance and pass to 
  the heir as real estate. A tenant in tail is, therefore, entitled to them; 
  and chancery will, enable him to get possession of them. 1 Bro. R. 206; 1 
  Ves. jr. 227;11 Ves. 277; 15 Ves. 173. See Hill. Ab. c. 25; 1 Bibb, R. 333: 
  3 Mass. 487; 5 Mass. 472. 
      16. The cancellation, surrender, or destruction of a deed of conveyance, 
  will not divest the estate which has passed by force of it. 1 Johns. Ch. 
  Rep. 417 2 Johns. Rep. 87. As to the effect of a redelivery of a deed, see 2 
  Bl. Com. 308 2 H. Bl. 263, 264.