Dedeins

Dedeinz, Dedinz, Dedenz, Dedens, Dedeines. L. Fr. Within; in. Dedeins la vierge; within the verge. Artic. Sup. Chart. c.

3.

Clos dedens mason, ou dedens parkes; shut up in a house, or in pounds. Britt. c.

27.

Dedens age; within age. Id. c.

34. DEDI.

Lat. [from dare, to give.] I have given. The operative and proper word of conveyance in ancient charters of feoffment, and deeds of gift and grant.

Co. Litt. 9 a. 2 Bl. Com. 310, 316.

Bract. fol.

34 b.

The present do (I give) was also used, and may have been the more ancient form. Bracton employs this frequently in his illustrations. Bract, fol.

17, et passim.

The future dabo (I will give) was used in the Anglo-Saxon grants.

1 Spence's Chancery, 44.

Dedi and its English equivalent were formerly held to imply a warranty of the title to the land or estate conveyed.

Co. Litt. 384. 2 Bl. Com. 300. 4 Co. 81. 6 Co. 17.

Perkins, c.

2.

But the law on this point has, in England, been recently altered by statute. See Give, Gift, Deed.