deed
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You may be better off opting for a transfer-on-death deed for your house instead of leaving it in your will.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Caltrans staff will next record the deed transferring the title from the state of California to Kai Poma, which is expected to happen any day, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
That it hasn’t seems ironic, given that the Christian ideal of Jesus is in both word and deed a seeker of justice.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
Canty netted the huge lottery prize with his partner, Katie Sullivan, on 5 May 2020, days after his Good Samaritan deed.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
The good deed and the height made her feel superior to the boys and girls playing stickball in the yard.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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"Her love was obvious and was not just words, but deeds and actions that she would display every day."
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Other important information to assemble: deeds, wills, insurance policies, passwords.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Hiddleston notes that “one great gift of Pompeii is that the Romans didn’t have paper, so the walls, the columns, the houses, the public buildings are covered in writing: deeds, business contracts, advertisements, gossip, doodles.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
His real-life geniality provides a stark contrast to some of his most famous roles as monstrous men committing equally hideous deeds.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
And thus he has always accomplished and organized great deeds, that have always kept the minds of his subjects surprised, amazed, and occupied with their outcome.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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“We have Intracoastal access, seven boat slips, and private deeded beach access,” Cameron said.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026
The statue was deeded to the Brick — which wrote a competitive proposal to get it — for the sole purpose of transformation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025
He was sentenced to probation for four years and deeded the property back to the town in 2014.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2025
The property years ago was deeded to the National Park Service, which one day plans to turn it into a museum.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
First the document reminded us that the old Toy house and furnishings had been deeded over “to my beloved wife, Love Simpson Blakeslee” at the time of their marriage.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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I settled my father’s estate, but found a will deeding a mobile home to his stepson.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 7, 2026
Most of the people who spoke against deeding the statue, though, said they want to see it remain in place under public ownership.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2022
The deeding of the land, which was given to the commonwealth in the 19th century, was a request from the city so that the parcel could come under local control, Yarmosky said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2021
More precisely, I thought about Lincoln signing a minor piece of legislation deeding the Yosemite Valley to the state of California.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2019
This brought about the loss of their church property, the Governor, in accordance with the express wording of the patent grant of April 2, 1771, deeding Jerusalem Church to the Episcopalians.
From American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod by F. (Friedrich) Bente
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