deed : Idioms & Phrases

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Blank deed

  • . See Deed.
  • a printed form containing the customary legal phraseology, with blank spaces for writing in names, dates, boundaries, etc.
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Commissioner of deeds

  • an officer having authority to take affidavits, depositions, acknowledgment of deeds, etc., for use in the State by which he is appointed. U. S.
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Composition deed

  • an agreement for composition between a debtor and several creditors.
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Counter deed

  • (Law), a secret writing which destroys, invalidates, or alters, a public deed.
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deed of conveyance

  • noun a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
    deed; title.
    • he signed the deed
    • he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment
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deed of trust

  • noun a written instrument legally conveying property to a trustee often used to secure an obligation such as a mortgage or promissory note
    deed of trust.
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deed over

  • verb transfer by deed
    grant.
    • grant land
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deed poll

  • noun a deed made and executed by only one party
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Deed" poll`
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  1. (Law) A deed of one part, or executed by only one party, and distinguished from an indenture by having the edge of the parchment or paper cut even, or polled as it was anciently termed, instead of being indented. Burrill.
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In deed

  • in fact; in truth; verily. See Indeed.
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man of deeds

  • noun someone inclined to act first and think later
    man of action.
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Mortgage deed

  • noun deed embodying a mortgage
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  • (Law), a deed given by way of mortgage.
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quitclaim deed

  • noun document transferring title or right or claim to another
    quitclaim.
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title deed

  • noun a legal document proving a person's right to property
    title deed.
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Title deeds

  • noun a legal document proving a person's right to property
    title deed.
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  • (Law), the muniments or evidences of ownership; as, the title deeds to an estate.
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To record a deed, mortgage, lease

  • etc., to have a copy of the same entered in the records of the office designated by law, for the information of the public.
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Trust deed

  • noun a written instrument legally conveying property to a trustee often used to secure an obligation such as a mortgage or promissory note
    deed of trust.
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  • (Law), a deed conveying property to a trustee, for some specific use.
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