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Deed Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Deed? [n] a notable achievement; "he performed a great deed"; "the book was her finest effort" [n] 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Deed: deed of conveyance \| effort \| exploit \| feat \| title Related Terms \| Find terms related to 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 See Also \| accomplishment \| achievement \| acquiring \| actuation \| bill of sale \| causation \| causing \| deed poll \| delivery \| departure \| derring-do \| digging up \| discovery \| disinterment \| disposal \| disposition \| effectuation \| egress \| egression \| emergence \| equalisation \| equalization \| exhumation \| find \| getting \| going \| going away \| hit \| implementation \| instrument \| leaving \| legal document \| legal instrument \| leveling \| mortgage deed \| obstetrical delivery \| official document \| propulsion \| rally \| rallying \| recovery \| retrieval \| running away \| stunt \| title deed \| touch \| touching \| tour de force \| uncovering Deed In Webster's Dictionary \Deed\, a. Dead. [Obs.] --Chaucer. \Deed\, n. [AS. d?d; akin to OS. d[=a]d, D. & Dan. daad, G. thai, Sw. d[*a]d, Goth. d?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. And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done? --Gen. xliv. 15. We receive the due reward of our deeds. --Luke xxiii. 41. Would serve his kind in deed and word. --Tennyson. 2. Illustrious act; achievement; exploit. ``Knightly deeds.'' --Spenser. Whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn. --Dryden. 3. Power of action; agency; efficiency. [Obs.] To be, both will and deed, created free. --Milton. 4. Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed. 5. (Law) A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some transfer, bargain, or contract. 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. {Blank deed}, a printed form containing the customary legal phraseology, with blank spaces for writing in names, dates, boundaries, etc. 6. Performance; -- followed by of. [Obs.] --Shak. {In deed}, in fact; in truth; verily. See {Indeed}. \Deed\, v. t. To convey or transfer by deed; as, he deeded all his estate to his eldest son. [Colloq. U. S.]

Deed Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Deed?

[n] a notable achievement; "he performed a great deed"; "the book was her finest effort"
[n] 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"

Deed In Webster's Dictionary

\Deed\, a.
Dead. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


\Deed\, n. [AS. d?d; akin to OS. d[=a]d, D. & Dan. daad, G.
thai, Sw. d[*a]d, Goth. d?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.

         And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye
         have done?                            --Gen. xliv.
                                               15.

         We receive the due reward of our deeds. --Luke
                                               xxiii. 41.

         Would serve his kind in deed and word. --Tennyson.

2. Illustrious act; achievement; exploit. ``Knightly deeds.''
   --Spenser.

         Whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn. --Dryden.

3. Power of action; agency; efficiency. [Obs.]

         To be, both will and deed, created free. --Milton.

4. Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed.

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

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.

{Blank deed}, a printed form containing the customary legal
   phraseology, with blank spaces for writing in names,
   dates, boundaries, etc.

6. Performance; -- followed by of. [Obs.] --Shak.

{In deed}, in fact; in truth; verily. See {Indeed}.


\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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