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   Deed , a. Dead. [Obs.]
   Chaucer.
   
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   Deed, n. [AS. dǣd; akin to OS. dād, D. & Dan. daad, G. that, Sw. dåd, Goth. dēds; fr. the root of do. See Do, v. t.]
    That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including, whatever is done, good or bad, great or small.
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   And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done?
   Gen. xliv. 15.
   
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   We receive the due reward of our deeds.
   Luke xxiii. 41.
   
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   Would serve his kind in deed and word.
   Tennyson.
   
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   Illustrious act; achievement; exploit. “Knightly deeds.” 
   Spenser.
   
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   Whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn.
   Dryden.
   
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   Power of action; agency; efficiency. [Obs.]
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   To be, both will and deed, created free.
   Milton.
   
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   Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed.
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   (Law) A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some transfer, bargain, or contract.
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   ☞ The term is generally applied to conveyances of real estate, and it is the prevailing doctrine that a deed must be signed as well as sealed, though at common law signing was formerly not necessary.
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   Blank deed, a printed form containing the customary legal phraseology, with blank spaces for writing in names, dates, boundaries, etc.
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   Performance; -- followed by of. [Obs.]
   Shak.
   
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   In deed, in fact; in truth; verily. See Indeed.
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   Deed, v. t. To convey or transfer by deed; as, he deeded all his estate to his eldest son. [Colloq. U. S.]
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