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ack, -- the only sure mode of conveyamce. Prescott. Following th river downward, there is conveyance into the countries named in the text. Sir W. Raleigh.

One whose business is to draw up conveyances of property, as deeds, mortgages, leases, etc. Burrill.

A conveyance, as by deed, effected by the act of the parties and not involving, as in the fine and recovery, judicial proceedings.

Act of reconveying.

A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another.

te, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; -- said of an estate already conveyed. Burrill. Kent. To appoint one's self, to resolve. [Obs.] Crowley.

Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.

. She was too fond of her most filthy bargain. Shak. Bargain and sale (Law), a species of conveyance, by which the bargainor contracts to convey the lands to the bargainee, and becomes by such contract a trustee for and seized to the use of the bargainee. The statute then completes the purchase; i.e., the bargain vests…

A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods; as, a ship's barge; a charcoal barge.

of the constitutions of the several States. -- Bill of sale, a formal instrument for the conveyance or transfer of goods and chattels. -- Bill of sight, a form of entry at the customhouse, by which goods, respecting which the importer is not possessed of full information, may be provisionally landed for examination.…

Conveyance by boat; also, a charge for such conveyance.

To enter the name of (any one) in a book for the purpose of securing a passage, conveyance, or seat; as, to be booked for Southampton; to book a seat in a theater.

A clerk who registers passengers, baggage, etc., for conveyance, as by railway or steamship, or who sells passage tickets at a booking office.

An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship.

und together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; as, a bundle of straw or of paper; a bundle of old clothes. The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle, no strength could bend. Goldsmith. Bundle pillar (Arch.), a column or pier, wi…

uneral solemnities of eminent persons, for the public exhibition of the remains, or their conveyance to the place of burial.

due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance. [Archaic]

One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car. [U. S.]

A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure and not voliable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a contract, express or implied, by which a person makes that firm and binding which was before voidable.

onsigned; the goods or commodities sent or addressed to a consignee at one time or by one conveyance. To increase your consignments of this valuable branch of national commerce. Burke.