right or property in a thing is transferred, free of any condition or qualification, by which it might be defeated or changed; as an ordinary deed of lands, in contradistinction to a mortgage, which is a condilional conveyance. Bur- rill; Falconer v. Buffalo, etc., R. Co., 69 N. Y. 491
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CONVEYANCE
In pleading. Introduction or inducement.
CONVEYANCER
One whose business it is to draw deeds, bonds, mortgages, wills, writs, or other legal papers, or to examine titles to real estate. 14 St. at Large, 118. He who draws conveyances; especially a barrister who confines himself to drawing conveyances, and other chamber practice. Mozley & Whitl
ORDINARY CONVEYANCE
the term used for he transferring of property that is carried out voluntarily and not by a court order.
WORDS OF LIMITATION
Words of a deed or conveyance describing extent, duration, or quality of an estate.
WORDS OF PROCREATION
Words in deeds or conveyances creating a limitation of who the estate can be handed down to.
WORDS OF PURCHASE
Words in deeds and conveyances pointing out who can acquire interest in land.
WELL, n
A well, as the term is used in a conveyance, is an artificial excavation anderection in and upon land, which necessarily, from its nature and the mode of its use,includes and comprehends the substantial occupation and beneficial enjoyment of thewhole premises on which it is situated. Johnson v. Rayner, 6 Gray (Mass.) 197;Andrews v. Carman,… Continue Reading WELL, n
WARRANT, v
In conveyancing. To assure the title to property sold, by an express covenant to that effect in the deed of conveyance. To stipulate by an express covenant that the title of a grantee shall be good, and his possession undisturbed. In contracts. To engage or promise that a certain fact or state of facts, in… Continue Reading WARRANT, v
WARRANTIZARE
In old conveyancing. To warrant; to bind one’s self, by covenant ina deed of conveyance, to defend the grantee in his title and possession.Warrantizare est defendere et acqul- etare tenentem, qui warrantnm vocavit, inseisina sua; et tenens de re warrant! excambinm habebit ad valentiam. Co.Litt. 365. To warrant is to defend and insure in peace… Continue Reading WARRANTIZARE