Deed
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 5 U.S. 239 - Gabriel Wood v. William Owings · 1803Most cited · 11 citing opinions
common-law completion
It is well established doctrine of the common law, that a deed becomes complete, when sealed and delivered. It then becomes the act of the person who has executed it, and whatever its operation may be, it is his deed. The very act of livery which puts the paper into the possession of the party for whose benefit it is made, seems to require the construction that it has become a deed.
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