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DEED

In law a deed is a writing containing some contract or agreement, and the evidence of its execution, made between parties legally capable of entering into a contract or agreement; particularly an instrument on paper or parchment, conveying real estate to a purchaser or donee. It is either an indenture or a deed poll; the former made between two or more persons in different interests, the latter made by a single person, or by two or more persons having similar interests.
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