Conveyance

An instrument in writing by which property or the title to property is transferred from one person to another. In a stricter sense, an instrument in writing under seal, (anciently termed an assurance,) by which some estate or interest in lands is transferred from one person td another; such as a deed, mortgage, &c.

2 Bl. Com. 293, 295, 309.

See Assurance, Deed. This term is generally restricted in its application to transfers inter vivos (between living parties) though in a large sense it includes wills also.

Id, 294. Bacon's Use of the Law, 66.

The Revised Statutes of New- York have defined it to embrace " every instrument in writing by which a^ estate or interest in real estate is created, aliened, mortgaged or assigned, or by which the title to any real estate ma^^ be aflfected in law or equity, except last wills and testaments, leases for a term not exceeding three years, and executory contracts for the sale or purcbase of lands."

1 Hev. Stat. [762], 752, § 88. See 8 Mass. R. 487.

CpNVEYANCE

In pleading. Introduction or inducement.

8 Wooddes. Lect. 22.

See Inducement.

See Inducement.