Delivery

Of Deed. The transfer of a deed from the grantor to the grantee, or some person acting in his behalf, in such a manner as to deprive the grantor of the right to recall it at his option. Delivery may be (1) absolute, which is complete upon the actual transfer of the instrument from the possession of the grantor; or (2) conditional, which passes the deed from the possession of the grantor, but is not to be completed by possession in the grantee, or a third person as his agent, until the happening of a specified event. Of Chattels. The tradition or transfer of the possession of a chattel from one person to another. It may be actual or symbolical, as of goods in a storehouse by delivery of the key (39 Me. 496), or goods in the hands of a carrier by delivery of the bill of lading (5 Ohio, 88). The word "delivery," as applied to sales, has been used in several senses, viz.: (1) Delivery sufficient to pass title. (2) Delivery sufficient to allow the seller to sue for goods sold and delivered. (3) Delivery sufficient to destroy the vendor's lien. _ (4) Delivery sufficient to determine the right of stoppage in transitu. (5) Delivery sufficient under the statute of frauds. (6) Delivery sufficient as against creditors or subsequent purchasers. Unless the particular sense in which the word is used in each case be borne in mind, confusion will follow in reading the decisions. Benj. Sales, p.

649, note.

In Medical Jurisprudence. The act of a woman giving birth to her offspring.