Done

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

(Lat. factum, actum). Distinguished from "made." "A 'deed made' may no doubt mean an 'instrument made'; but a 'deed done' is not an 'instrument done,' — it is an 'act done'; and therefore these words, 'made and done' apply to acts as well as daeds." Lord Brougham, 4 Bell's Appeal Cases, 38.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Then.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Distinguished from "made." "A 'deed made' may no doubt mean au 'instrument made;' but a 'deed done' is not an 'instrument done,'—it la an 'act done;' and therefore these words, 'made and done,' apply to acts, as well as deeds." Lord Brougham, 4 Bell, App. Cas. 38.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

don, doun, I. fr.

In old English law. A gift Don est un nosme general pins que ne fel Tement: gift is a more general name than feoffment

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Distinguished from “made.” “A «deed made’ may no doubt mean an ‘instrument made;’ but a ‘deed done’ is not an ‘instrument done,’—it is an ‘act done; and therefore these words, ‘made and done,’ apply to acts, as well as deeds.” Lord Brougham, 4 Bell, App. Cas. 38.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

doun,/r. A gift. Done, grant

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Don, Doun. L. Fr. [from Lat. donum.] A gift. Don est un nosme general plus que ne feffement; gift is a more general name than feoffment. Britt. c. 34. Given. Done a Londres, &c.; given at London, &c. Stat. of Tithes, 2 Inst. 639.