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reconveyance

reconveyance

9.9
A legal document that transfers property back to the original owner after they pay off a loan
  • noun
  • /ˌriːkənˈveɪəns/
  • Formal
translation icon : reconducción
  • The reconveyance document confirmed that the bank transferred ownership of the house back to the Johnsons after they paid off their mortgage.

Examples

  • After the final payment, we received the reconveyance, which officially returned the property to its original owners.

  • The undersigned hereby substitutes Georgia Reconveyance Company...

    Trouble with the Curve (2012)

  • Once the loan was settled, the reconveyance was filed, ensuring that the title of the property was now in my name.

Synonyms

conveyance
vsreconveyance
  • Formal
2 8.2

A legal document that transfers property to new owners

transfers property back only after debt is fully repaid
retrocession
vsreconveyance
  • Formal
9.9

The return of land or rights to a former owner

transfers property back only after a mortgage or loan is paid off
conveyance of title
vsreconveyance
  • Formal
8.2

An official process that legally transfers ownership of property between people

transfers ownership back only after debt is fully repaid

Antonyms

dispossession
  • Specialized
3 8.2

A legal loss of land, property or other things someone owns

How Returned

reconveyance
  • Formal
9.9
return
231 1.0

Surface Forms

reconveyance singular
reconveyances plural

Morphology

reconveyance = reconvey (semi-transparent) = re + convey + ance

The suffix '-ance' regularly forms a noun of action or result from 'reconvey', but the legal-document sense is more specialized than a simple action noun.

Etymology

The word reconveyance comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and convey meaning 'to carry' or 'to transfer', like a conveyor that carries things. So, a reconveyance is the 'transfer again' that returns a property to its owner after a loan or mortgage is paid.