Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 

• DEED - A formal written instrument by which title to real property is transferred from one owner to ano...
  
  
• DEED BOOKS - The permanent record of deeds registered in a particular jurisdiction. Also known as "libe...
  
  
• DEED EXECUTED PURSUANT TO COURT ORDER - Executors' and administrator' deeds, masters' deeds, sheriffs' ...
  
  
• DEED GIVEN TO SECURE A DEBT - a form of mortgage in which title to the property is conveyed from the bo...
  
  
• DEED IN LIEU - A deed given by a mortgagor to a mortgagee to satisfy a debt and avoid foreclosure.
  
  
• DEED IN LIEU OF FORECLOSURE - Voluntarily signing over to a lender the property pledged as collateral o...
  
  
• DEED IN TRUST - An instrument that grants a trustee under a land trust full power to sell, mortgage and...
  
  
• DEED OF RECONVEYANCE - A document used to transfer legal title from the trustee back to the borrower (t...
  
  
• DEED OF RELEASE - A legal instrument signed by lien claimants or mortgagees which gives up their claim ...
  
  
• DEED OF SURRENDER - A legal instrument in which a person with a life interest gives up that interest to...