Conveyance

A transfer of the title of property, usually realty, from one person to another; an instrument in writing by which such transfer is made; more strictly an instrument in writing under seal, by which some estate or interest in lands is transferred from one person to another, such as a deed, mortgage, etc. In general the word is restricted, in its application, to transfers inter vivos, though, in a large sense, it includes wills also. A conveyance is primary or original where it creates an estate or interest, as in a grant, gift or lease; it is derivative or secondary, where it presupposes or depends on another, as in case of a confirmation, or a release; and it is innocent or tortious according as it assumes to convey only what the person who makes it has to convey.