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Definition of Defeasances
1. defeasance [n] - See also: defeasance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Defeasances
Literary usage of Defeasances
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Mortgages of Real and Personal Property by Francis Hilliard (1864)
"Nature and history of defeasances. 9. Form, and mode of execution, of 5. ...
Recording of defeasances. 1. A MORTGAGE may be made by an absolute deed and a ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Record of Title of Real and Personal Property: With by Britain Rice Webb (1890)
"... had notice of such deed.1 Purchase money mortgages and defeasances are to be
recorded within thirty days.2 1 Rev. Code of Del. (1874), p. ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgagesby Richard Holmes Coote, Sydney Edward Williams by Richard Holmes Coote, Sydney Edward Williams (1904)
"defeasances, Conditions, and Declarations of Trust.— Sect. 10, rab-s. (3), of
the Act of 1878, enacts as follows :— " If the bill of sale is made or given ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgages, Pledges and Hypothecations: (founded on ...by Leopold George Gordon Robbins, Richard Holmes Coote, Frederick Trentham Maw by Leopold George Gordon Robbins, Richard Holmes Coote, Frederick Trentham Maw (1897)
"... also the correct description of the occupation or style of the attesting
witness (j). xiii.—defeasances, Conditions, and Declarations of Trust.— Sect. ..."
5. The Conveyancer's Assistant: Or, A Series of Precedents in Conveyancing and by George Crabb (1835)
"defeasances. Definition. i 1. A defeasance, is a collateral deed which defeats
... defeasances are applicable, either to freehold estates, or to ruble to. ..."
6. The Clerks' and Conveyancers' Assistant: A Collection of Forms of by Clarence Frank Birdseye (1899)
"defeasances. WHERE a conveyance of property is made in absolute terms, but the
grantee gives an instrument to the grantor, which declares that on a ..."