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Deed (dēd), 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.]
1. 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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2. Illustrious act; achievement; exploit. “Knightly deeds.” Spenser.
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Whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn. Dryden.
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3. Power of action; agency; efficiency. [Obs.]
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To be, both will and deed, created free. Milton.
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4. Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed.
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5. (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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6. 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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