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execute as a deed

verb

C2CEFR level
88/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

To sign a document with the additional formalities required of a deed, giving it binding effect without consideration and a longer limitation period.

Because no consideration passed from the guarantor, the guarantee was executed as a deed to ensure it was binding.

Topic: Contract collocations in Legal English

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