Dedisse Et Concessisse

Lat. To have given and granted, or [that I] hate given and granted. Operative words in ancient charters of feoffment and deeds of grant, the whole commencement running thus: — Omnibus Ckristi Jidelibus ad quos prcesentes Uteres indentatcs pervenerint, A, de B, salutem in Domino sempitemam, Sciatis me dedisse, concessisse, et hoc prcesenti carta mea indentata confirmasse C, de D. talem terram, dc. To all christian people [the faithful of Christ] to whom these presents indented shall come, A. of B. sends greeting in our Lord everlasting. Know ye me to have given [that I have given] granted'^ and by this, my present deed indented, confirmed to C. of D, such lands, &c. Litt. sect. 3*72. This seems to have been a more frequent construction than that with quod and dedi, in the first person preterite. 1 Reeves^ Hist. 91, See Dedi et concessi.