deed
101deed of variation — A written deed that identifies the specific provisions of a will to be varied. It must be signed by any person who would otherwise have benefited from the will as originally drawn. No payment or inducement must pass between the beneficiary in… …
102deed inter partes — A deed executed by grantor and grantee. Smith v Emery, 12 NJL 53, 60. A deed executed by the persons named therein as grantor and grantee, as distinguished from a deed executed by the agent or attorney of one of the parties or by the agent of… …
103deed of release — Formerly, the term seems to have been applied only to deeds conveying all the right, title, and interest of the grantor to a grantee who already had some estate in possession in the land released, but in modern usage it is not one of the… …
104deed poll — A deed made in one part and signed only by the grantor. It took its name from the fact that the edges were smooth and polled or shaven, as distinguished from a deed which was indented and in two parts. When such a deed is accepted by the grantee …
105deed poll — noun a deed made and executed by only one party • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑deed, ↑deed of conveyance, ↑title …
106Deed of gift — A deed of gift is a signed document that voluntarily and without recompense transfers ownership of real, personal, or intellectual property – such as a gift of materials – from one person or institution to another. It should include any possible… …
107Deed Of Reconveyance — A document issued by the holder of a mortgage indicating that the borrower is released from the mortgage debt. The deed of reconveyance transfers the title of the property back to the borrower. It is most commonly issued when a mortgage has been… …
108deed poll — [16] Contrary to what the term’s modern pronunciation might seem to suggest, with the main stress on its first element rather than its second, a deed poll is a sort of deed, not a sort of poll. It originally referred to a legal document made and… …
109deed poll — noun English Law a legal deed made and executed by one party only, especially to formalize a change of a person s name. Origin C16: so named because the parchment was ‘polled’ or cut cleanly, not indented at the edges as in the case of a deed… …
110deed poll — A deed having a straight edge at the top, as opposed to an indenture A deed poll was used when only one party was involved in an action, e. g. when a person declared a wish to be known by a different name. Deeds commonly now have straight edges… …
