conveyance

[kuh n-vey-uh ns]

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noun

the act of conveying; transmission; communication.
a means of transporting, especially a vehicle, as a bus, airplane, or automobile.
Law.
1. the transfer of property from one person to another.
2. the instrument or document by which this is effected.

Origin of conveyance

First recorded in 1495–1505; convey + -ance

Related formsnon·con·vey·ance, nounpre·con·vey·ance, noun

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Related Words for conveyance

transportation, car, transmission, transfer, machine, carriage, vehicle, communication, movement, transference, carrying

Examples from the Web for conveyance

Contemporary Examples of conveyance

There was fraud in the inducement, fraud in the conveyance, and fraud in the ratings process.
The Geithner Plan Won't Work
James K. Galbraith
March 24, 2009

Historical Examples of conveyance

All are full of the momentum which they have caught from their mode of conveyance.
The Old Apple Dealer (From "Mosses From An Old Manse")
Nathaniel Hawthorne
How could we hoist ourselves to such a height with Marie's conveyance?
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete
Emile Zola
Well, get some sort of conveyance that we can both sit in while you drive.
In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories
Robert Barr
By no act of conveyance would, or could, He make over His own Rest to them.
Pax Vobiscum
Henry Drummond
They alighted at the street corner, and dismissing their conveyance, walked to the house.
Barnaby Rudge
Charles Dickens

British Dictionary definitions for conveyance

conveyance

noun

the act of conveying
a means of transport
law
1. a transfer of the legal title to property
2. the document effecting such a transfer

Derived Formsconveyancer, noun

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Word Origin and History for conveyance

mid-15c., "act of conveying," from convey + -ance. Meaning "document by which something is legally conveyed" is from 1570s; sense "means of transportation" is attested from 1590s. Related: Conveyanced; conveyancing.