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conveyances at common law

Some of these may be called original or primary, those by means whereof the benefit or estate is created or first arises.; others, derivative or secondary, those whereby the benefit or estate originally created is enlarged, restrained, transferred, or estinguished. Original are: feoffment, gift, grant, lease, exchange, partition. Derivative are: release, confirmation, surrender, assignment, defeasance- each of which pre-supposes some other conveyance precedent. At common law, words of conveyance were give, grant, bargain and sell, alien, enfeoff, release, confirm, quitclaim.

Source : William C. Anderson, A Dictionary of Law (1893)

Language : English

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