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conveyance

/kənˈveɪəns/

C1CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

The legal transfer of property from one party to another.

The conveyance completed once funds cleared.

Similar: transfer, assignment

Origin: Old French conveier 'to escort'.

Topic: Property in Legal English

Business noun

The legal transfer of title to real property from one party to another, or the document that effects it.

Completion of the conveyance was delayed until the outstanding local searches were returned.

Similar: transfer

Topic: Real estate & property in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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