Definition of deed

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Deed (v. t.) A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some transfer, bargain, or contract..

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Quitclaim :: Quitclaim (n.) A release or relinquishment of a claim; a deed of release; an instrument by which some right, title, interest, or claim, which one person has, or is supposed to have, in or to an estate held by himself or another, is released or relinquished, the grantor generally covenanting only against persons who claim under himself..
Defeasance :: Defeasance (n.) A condition, relating to a deed, which being performed, the deed is defeated or rendered void; or a collateral deed, made at the same time with a feoffment, or other conveyance, containing conditions, on the performance of which the estate then created may be defeated..
Assignee :: Assignee (v.) A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act, perform some business, or enjoy some right, privilege, or property; as, an assignee of a bankrupt. See Assignment (c). An assignee may be by special appointment or deed, or be created by jaw; as an executor..
Mis- :: Mis- () A prefix used adjectively and adverbially in the sense of amiss, wrong, ill, wrongly, unsuitably; as, misdeed, mislead, mischief, miscreant..
Nobly :: Nobly (adv.) In a noble manner; with greatness of soul; heroically; with magnanimity; as, a deed nobly done..
Execute :: Execute (v. t.) To complete, as a legal instrument; to perform what is required to give validity to, as by signing and perhaps sealing and delivering; as, to execute a deed, lease, mortgage, will, etc..
Perpetrate :: Perpetrate (v. t.) To do or perform; to carry through; to execute, commonly in a bad sense; to commit (as a crime, an offense); to be guilty of; as, to perpetrate a foul deed..
Hand :: Hand (n.) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance..
Charta :: Charta (n.) A charter or deed; a writing by which a grant is made. See Magna Charta.
Frustrate :: Frustrate (v. t.) To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed..
Undeeded :: Undeeded (a.) Not made famous by any great action.
Deed :: Deed (v. t.) Power of action; agency; efficiency.
Quitclaim :: Quitclaim (v. t.) To release or relinquish a claim to; to release a claim to by deed, without covenants of warranty against adverse and paramount titles..
Malefaction :: Malefaction (n.) A crime; an offense; an evil deed.
Fiddledeedee :: Fiddledeedee (interj.) An exclamatory word or phrase, equivalent to nonsense!.
Gift :: Gift (v. t.) A voluntary transfer of real or personal property, without any consideration. It can be perfected only by deed, or in case of personal property, by an actual delivery of possession..
Conspiracy :: Conspiracy (n.) An agreement, manifesting itself in words or deeds, by which two or more persons confederate to do an unlawful act, or to use unlawful to do an act which is lawful; confederacy..
Feat :: Feat (n.) An act; a deed; an exploit.
Premise :: Premise (n.) Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted..
Illustrious :: Illustrious (a.) Conferring luster or honor; renowned; as, illustrious deeds or titles..
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