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deed

[deed] / did /




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One thing to think about first is that if you buy a house together, or put your partner on the deed to your current house, what happens if you die first?

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

"But the takeaway is that it's been very successful and I think the King has demonstrated his statecraft both by word and deed."

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

You don’t have to argue about it, because the deed is done, but it’s enough information for your mother to quietly mull over after the fact.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

At the moment I get the call alerting me that the deed is done, that Wiatt is officially settled out, I’m driving down Rodeo Drive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

She tried to focus on how much she was helping them, as if this were a charitable deed, purely altruistic: like volunteering at a soup kitchen, or adopting a dog from a shelter.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

They also reported suspicious real estate transactions by Von Ferdinand, including quick deeds to himself for all three of Jett’s properties.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

One is that mom deeds her the house now and the other investments are split three ways.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Not many recall his reported invocation of another work of Sanskrit poetry that reads, “In sleep, in confusion, in the depths of shame/The good deeds a man has done before defend him.”

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

It wasn't just their deeds on the pitch that felt otherworldly, though.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

He was of such goodness that among the other laudable deeds attributed to him is this: in the fourteen years he ruled the empire, he never put anyone to death without a trial.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

Keys come with deeded ownership to a sliver of non-buildable beachfront; they often stay in the same family for generations, though a handful sell on the open market each year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Each residence will also include deeded beach access, allowing homeowners to enjoy both ocean and riverfront living.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026

Shortly before her death in 1944, Betty deeded the ranch to the state.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2025

The tribe was burdened with cleaning up decades of pollution before the land could be deeded into trust by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024

It was originally deeded as “Good Luck,” but never quite lived up to the name.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

“I’m wondering, have you ever planned on deeding any of your personal property or property of the Smithsonian to any of these tribes?” he asked Hartig.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

I settled my father’s estate, but found a will deeding a mobile home to his stepson.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 7, 2026

Mountain Lake Lodge offers a range of accommodations, including rooms in the main lodge and cabins named by the families who built and owned the getaways before deeding them back to the property.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2022

His chairmanship was a capstone of a long career serving his people, particularly as a spokesperson for his tribe and a leader in deeding the tribe’s first land into trust and developing a casino.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2022

He greets his colonists in the open one sunny August day, speaking personally to each and deeding over to them land free of all charge.

From Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut


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