See also:

• DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem of the verb " to do ")  , that which is done, an See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act, doing; particularly, in See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, a See also:

• CONTRACT
• CONTRACT (Lat. contract us, from contrahere, to draw together, to bind)

contract in See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing, sealed and delivered by the party See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound to the party intended to benefit . Contracts or obligations under See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

seal are called in See also:

• ENGLISH

English law specialties, and down to 1869 they took See also:

• PRECEDENCE (from Lat. praecedere, to go before, precede)

precedence in See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment over See also:

• SIMPLE

simple contracts, whether written or not . Writing, sealing and delivery are all essential to a See also:

• DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

deed . The See also:

• SIGNATURE (through Fr. from Lat. signature, signare, to sign, signum, mark, token, sign)

signature of the party charged is not material, and the deed is not void for want of a date . Delivery, it is held, may be See also:

• COMPLETE

complete without the actual handing over of the deed; it is sufficient if the act of sealing were accompanied by words or acts signifying that the deed was intended to be presently binding; and delivery to a third See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person for the use of the party benefited will be sufficient . On the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, the deed may be handed over to a third person as an escrow,l in which See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case it will not take effect as a deed until certain conditions are performed . Such conditional delivery may be inferred from the circumstances attending the transaction, although the conditions be not expressed in words . A deed indented, or See also:

• INDENTURE (through 0. Fr. endenture from a legal Latin term indent-ura, indentare, to cut into teeth, to give a jagged edge, in modurn dentium, like teeth)

indenture (so called because written in counterparts on the same See also:

• SHEET

sheet of See also:

• PARCHMENT

parchment, separated by cutting a wavy See also:

• LINE

line between them so as to be identified by fitting the parts together), is between two or more parties who contract mutually . The actual indentation is not now necessary to an indenture, The deed-See also:

• POLL

poll (with a polled or smooth-cut edge, not indented) is a deed in which one party binds himself without reference to any corresponding. obligations undertaken by another party . See CONTRACT .