deed

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Keep in mind that your mother may also have listed herself as a beneficiary on your grandmother’s accounts and even on a transfer-on-death deed for her home.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

To return to the historical evidence, the weakening of political and economic institutions is usually enough for the evil deed to be done.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

"We were there very quickly after the deed had been perpetrated," Robertson says.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

At one point, he identifies a lost deed, by which Abdulmejid transferred the caliphate to the nizam’s family.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

“The deed was done and word of what Prentisstown had done spread like wildfire, starting with the few who’d managed to escape. All men from Prentisstown were declared criminals. We couldn’t leave.”

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness