'Deed' definitions:
Definition of 'deed'
(from WordNet)
noun
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" [syn: deed, deed of conveyance, title]
noun
Definition of 'Deed'
From: GCIDE
- Deed \Deed\, v. t. To convey or transfer by deed; as, he deeded all his estate to his eldest son. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Deed'
From: GCIDE
- Deed \Deed\, n. [AS. d[=ae]d; akin to OS. d[=a]d, D. & Dan. daad, G. that, Sw. d[*a]d, Goth. d[=e]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. [1913 Webster]
- And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done? --Gen. xliv. 15. [1913 Webster]
- We receive the due reward of our deeds. --Luke xxiii. 41. [1913 Webster]
- Would serve his kind in deed and word. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Illustrious act; achievement; exploit. "Knightly deeds." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Power of action; agency; efficiency. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- To be, both will and deed, created free. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Law) A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some transfer, bargain, or contract. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Blank deed, a printed form containing the customary legal phraseology, with blank spaces for writing in names, dates, boundaries, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Performance; -- followed by of. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- In deed, in fact; in truth; verily. See Indeed. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Deed'
From: GCIDE
- Deed \Deed\ (d[=e]d), a. Dead. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'deed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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