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conveyancing

conveyancing

3 9.1
The legal process of moving ownership of a house or land from one person to another
  • noun
  • /kənˈveɪənsɪŋ/
  • UK
translation icon : transferencia de propiedad
  • Retain the services of conveyancing solicitors in order to ensure you will legally obtain the land title along with all of its rights and stay notified of any limitations that were placed on it prior to the purchase.
  • monopoly on conveyancing

Examples

  • The most effective conveyancing solicitor could safeguard the particular financial interests of both parties while being able to judge the problem in the most objective manner.

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  • Property conveyancing isn't an easy task and really should basically be entrusted to the experts.

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  • You need to see to it that you just hire property conveyancing solicitors who have not done just about any business.

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  • Property conveyancing solicitors as well as the purpose they enjoy inside property or home purchase sale.

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  • No doubt that a majority of property conveyancing solicitors should be able to address all of your needs, no matter how complex it may look to you.

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  • There's no question that the conveyancing process may get challenging, and people who don't have lots of information about how to correctly exchange titles of ownership by means of purchase, sale, and remortgage may have trouble carrying it out.

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  • The lawyer explained the process of conveyancing to ensure a smooth property transfer.

  • After the sale was agreed upon, the conveyancing began to finalize the ownership paperwork.

  • Many people hire a solicitor to handle the conveyancing when buying a new home.

Synonyms

transference
vsconveyancing
11 6.8

Moving things, such as data, rights and ownership, from one place, form or person to another

is limited to the legal property ownership transfer process rather than general moves
conveyance
vsconveyancing
  • Formal
2 8.2

A legal document that transfers property to new owners

is specifically the legal process of transferring ownership rather than the document
conveying
vsconveyancing
  • Formal
1 7.3

The act of legally moving ownership of a property from one person to another

is the whole legal process not just a single transfer act
legal transfer
vsconveyancing
  • Formal
1 4.2

A voluntary change of who owns something that follows the law

is the full legal process including procedures not only the transfer act
conveyance of title
vsconveyancing
  • Formal
8.2

An official process that legally transfers ownership of property between people

is the full legal process including required documents and steps

How Formal

title deed
  • Specialized
2 6.1
conveyancing
  • UK
3 9.1
assignment
  • Formal
11 5.3
transfer
355 3.2
handing over
13 2.7

Surface Forms

conveyancing singular
conveyancings plural

Morphology

conveyancing = conveyance (semi-transparent) = convey + ance + ing

The form clearly builds on conveyance, but the specialized legal meaning is less obvious than a straightforward process noun.

Etymology

Conveyancing comes from the verb convey, which originally meant 'to carry' and is from the same root as vehicle, something that carries. So, conveyancing is the legal work that 'carries' or transfers ownership of a property from one person to another.