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con·vey·ance    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.
a.the transfer of property from one person to another.
b.the instrument or document by which this is effected.

[Origin: 1495–1505; convey + -ance]
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con·vey·ance    Audio Help   (kən-vā'əns)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The act of conveying.
  2. A means of conveying, especially a vehicle for transportation.
  3. Law
    1. Transfer of title to property from one person to another.
    2. The document by which a property transfer is effected.

con·vey'anc·er n.
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conveyance

noun
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

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
conˈveyance1 noun
the act of conveying
Example: the conveyance of goods
Arabic: نَقْل
Chinese (Simplified): 运送
Chinese (Traditional): 運送
Czech: přeprava, doprava
Danish: transport; overførsel
Dutch: vervoer
Estonian: vedu
Finnish: kuljetus
French: transport
German: die Beförderung
Greek: μεταφορά
Hungarian: szállítás
Icelandic: flutningur
Indonesian: pengangkutan
Italian: trasporto
Japanese: 運搬
Korean: 운반, 양도
Latvian: transportēšana; pārvadāšana; nodošana (ziņojuma; īpašuma)
Lithuanian: pervežimas
Norwegian: transport, befordring
Polish: przewóz
Portuguese (Brazil): transporte
Portuguese (Portugal): transporte
Romanian: transport
Russian: перевозка
Slovak: doprava
Slovenian: prevoz
Spanish: transporte, transmisión; compra y venta (jurídico)
Swedish: befordran, transport
Turkish: taşıma, nakletme
conˈveyance2 noun
a vehicle of any kind
Example: A bus is a public conveyance.
Arabic: وَسيلة نَقْل
Chinese (Simplified): 运输车辆
Chinese (Traditional): 運輸車輛
Czech: dopravní prostředek, vozidlo
Danish: befordringsmiddel
Dutch: vervoermiddel
Estonian: veovahend
Finnish: kulkuneuvo
French: moyen de transport
German: das Transportmittel
Greek: μεταφορικό μέσο
Hungarian: jármű
Icelandic: farartæki
Indonesian: kendaraan
Italian: mezzo di trasporto*
Japanese: 乗り物
Korean: 교통 기관
Latvian: satiksmes līdzeklis
Lithuanian: transporto priemonė
Norwegian: transport-, *befordringsmiddel
Polish: pojazd
Portuguese (Brazil): transporte
Portuguese (Portugal): transporte
Romanian: mijloc de transport
Russian: транспортное средство
Slovak: dopravný prostriedok
Slovenian: prevozno sredstvo
Spanish: medio de transporte
Swedish: fortskaffningsmedel
Turkish: taşıt, nakil aracı
See also: conveyancing, conveyor, convey, conveyor belt

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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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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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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