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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Act :: Act (n.) That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed..
Chevisance :: Chevisance (n.) Achievement; deed; performance.
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..
Seal :: Seal (v. t.) To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed..
Repeal :: Repeal (v. t.) To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature; as, to repeal a law..
Deed :: Deed (v. t.) 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..
Counterpane :: Counterpane (n.) A duplicate part or copy of an indenture, deed, etc., corresponding with the original; -- now called counterpart..
Distinguished :: Distinguished (a.) Separated from others by distinct difference; having, or indicating, superiority; eminent or known; illustrious; -- applied to persons and deeds..
Reddendum :: Reddendum (n.) A clause in a deed by which some new thing is reserved out of what had been granted before; the clause by which rent is reserved in a lease.
Deed Poll :: Deed poll () 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..
Diabley :: Diabley (n.) Devilry; sorcery or incantation; a diabolical deed; mischief.
Achievement :: Achievement (n.) A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor, boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat..
Truly :: Truly (adv.) In fact; in deed; in reality; in truth.
Despite :: Despite (n.) An act of malice, hatred, or defiance; contemptuous defiance; a deed of contempt..
Execution :: Execution (n.) The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument, or giving it the forms required to render it valid; as, the execution of a deed, or a will..
Mis- :: Mis- () A prefix used adjectively and adverbially in the sense of amiss, wrong, ill, wrongly, unsuitably; as, misdeed, mislead, mischief, miscreant..
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..
Tailzie :: Tailzie (n.) An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted..
Poll :: Poll (v. t.) To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation; as, a polled deed. See Dee/ poll..
I'' Faith :: I' faith () In faith; indeed; truly.
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