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Conveyer

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

conveier, I. fr.

In old English law. To derive title; to derive by descent; to show in pleading.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Conveier. L. Fr. To derive title; to derive by descent. Litt. sect. 703, 705, 706. To CONVICT. [L. Lat. convincere.] In practice. To condemn; to find guilty of an offence [usually] by the verdict of a jury. 4 Bl. Com. 362. To find against the defendant in civil cases. "Whereof the said defendant is convicted, as appears of record, &c."