conveyancer
- noun
- /kənˈveɪənsər/
- UK
- If you are successful and get in there before anyone else, you will then want to involve a conveyancer who will handle the handing over of contracts and documents.
Examples
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A skilled conveyancer will help you understand the legal documents involved in purchasing real estate.
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Accredited conveyancers focus on managing the particularly most difficult conveyancing service without the need for difficulties at all.
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When buying a house, it's important to hire a conveyancer to ensure that the property transfer is legal and smooth.
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Before finalizing the sale, the conveyancer reviewed all contracts to avoid any legal issues.
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
conveyancer = conveyance (semi-transparent) = convey + ance + er
The word is built from the legal noun 'conveyance' plus the agentive suffix '-er', but the specialized property-law sense is not fully predictable from the base alone.
Etymology
Conveyancer comes from the word convey, which means 'to carry' or 'transfer', plus the agent ending -er, and is related to vehicle, a thing that 'carries' people or goods. That's why a conveyancer is the person who 'carries' legal ownership from one owner to another and handles the papers.