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con·vey·ance 
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Audio Help [kuhn-vey-uhns] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | the act of conveying; transmission; communication. |
| 2. | a means of transporting, esp. a vehicle, as a bus, airplane, or automobile. |
| 3. | Law.
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conveyance
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| con·vey·ance
Audio Help (kən-vā'əns) Pronunciation Key
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con·vey'anc·er n. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| conveyance | |
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| 1. | document effecting a property transfer |
| 2. | the transmission of information |
| 3. | something that serves as a means of transportation |
| 4. | act of transferring property title from one person to another |
| 5. | the act of moving something from one location to another [syn: transportation] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
conˈveyance1 noun
the act of conveying
Example: the conveyance of goods
conˈveyance2 nounExample: the conveyance of goods
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a vehicle of any kind
Example: A bus is a public conveyance.
See also: conveyancing, conveyor, convey, conveyor beltExample: A bus is a public conveyance.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Conveyance
A written instrument, such as a deed or lease, that transfers some ownership interest in real property from one person to another.
Investopedia Commentary
You are typically charged a conveyance tax on the transfer.
See also: Conveyance Tax, Deed
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Main Entry: con·vey·ance
Pronunciation: k&n-'vA-&ns
Function: noun
1 : an act of conveying <a conveyance of land>
2 : an instrument (as a deed) that conveys property rights (as title) <lack of delivery of a conveyance —J. D. Calamari and J. M. Perillo>
| Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc. |
Conveyance
Con*vey"ance\, n. 1. The act of conveying, carrying, or transporting; carriage. The long joirney was to be performed on horseback, -- the only sure mode of conveyamce. --Prescott. Following th river downward, there is conveyance into the countries named in the text. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. The instrument or means of carrying or transporting anything from place to place; the vehicle in which, or means by which, anything is carried from one place to another; as, stagecoaches, omnibuses, etc., are conveyances; a canal or aqueduct is a conveyance for water. There pipes and these conveyances of our blood. --Shak. 3. The act or process of transferring, transmitting, handing down, or communicating; transmission. Tradition is no infallible way of conveyance. --Stillingfleet. 4. (Law) The act by which the title to property, esp. real estate, is transferred; transfer of ownership; an instrument in writing (as a deed or mortgage), by which the title to property is conveyed from one person to another. [He] found the conveyances in law to be so firm, that in justice he must decree the land to the earl. --Clarendon. 5. Dishonest management, or artifice. [Obs.] the very jesuits themselves . . . can not possibly devise any juggling conveyance how to shift it off. --Hakewill.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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