deed

Noun

Synonyms: deed of conveyance title act human action human activity

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

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: deed of conveyance title
something that people do or cause to happenSynonyms: act human action human activity

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Deed \Deed\ (d[=e]d), a. Dead. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

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]

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]