contracts. The transfer of the title to land by one or more persons to another or others. By the term persons is here understood not only natural persons but corporations. The instrument which conveys the property is also called a conveyance. The whole of a conveyance, when it consists of different parts or instruments, must be taken together, and the several parts of it relate back to the principal part. 2. When there is no express agreement to the contrary, the expense of the conveyance falls upon the purchaser; who must prepare and tender the conveyance but see contra, 2 Rand. 20. The expense of the execution of the conveyance is, on the contrary, always borne by the vendor.
Law Dictionary – Alternative Legal Definition
In pleading. Introduction or inducement. In real property law. The transfer of the title of land from one person or class of persons to another. Klein v. McNamara, 54 Miss. 105; Alexander v. State, 28 Tex. Appw 186, 12 S. W. 595; Brown v. Fitz, 13 N. H. 283; Pickett v. Buckner, 45 Miss. 245; Dickerman v. Abrahams, 21 Barb. (N. Y.) 551. . An instrument in writing under seal, (anciently termed an “assurance,”) by which some estate or interest in lands Is transferred from one person to another; such as a deed, mortgage, etc. 2 Bl. Comm. 293, 295, 309. Conveyance includes every instrument in writing by which any estate or interest in real estate is created, aliened, mortgaged, or assigned, or by which the title to amy real estate may be affected in law or equity, except last wills and testaments, leases for a term not exceeding three years, and executory contracts for the sale or purchase of lands. 1 Rev. St N. Y. p. 762, i. 38;. Gen. St. Minn. 1878, c. 40,