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Conveyance

The transfer of legal title to property from one person to another by means of a written instrument such as a deed.

Encyclopedia entry: Conveyance

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conveyance

A conveyance is the transfer and assignment of any property right or interest from one individual or entity (the conveyor ) to another (the conveyee ). This is usually accomplished through a written instrument - most often a deed  - that transfers title to, or creates a lien on property.

Some sources of authority consider the written instrument itself a “conveyance.”

[Last reviewed in June of 2021 by the Wex Definitions Team
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