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CONVEY Definition & Legal Meaning

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To pass or transmit the title to property from one to another; to transfer property or the title to property by deed or instrument under seal. To convey real estate is, by an appropriate instrument, to transfer the legal title to it from the present owner to another. Abendroth v. Greenwich, 29 Conn. 350. Convey relates properly to the disposition of real property, not to personal. Dickerman T. Abrahams, 21 Barb. (N. Y.) 551, 561.

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