to deed over
- phrasal verb
- /did ˈoʊvər/
- And I did not see in my mind the face of my depleted and diminished husband as he slept, or wonder what might become of him if I could not, after all, bring myself to deed the island back over to him.
Examples
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The community decided to deed over the park to the local government to ensure its preservation.
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The Rubber Rose Ranch has been officially deeded over to the cowgirls.
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To satisfy the court, I deeded the line over to my mom's family until I'm twenty-one.
Fiction book (1998) -
They couldn't trick her into deeding over title to the $7 million townhouse, so they decided to kill her.
Fiction book (2001) -
After the sale was finalized, they deeded over the property to the new owners without any issues.
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The couple chose to deed over their house to their children as part of their estate planning.
Synonyms
Give something to someone because you have to
To give property or rights to another person
To make someone else the owner of something
To give ownership or rights to property using a legal document
To officially give control, ownership or rights to someone else
Give ownership of something to another person by signing papers
Give your rights in property to another person
To give property to someone using a signed paper
To give property or rights to someone else
To give land to someone so they legally own it
To change the name on the official papers of a car or house
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
deed + over
The meaning is partly derivable from the parts: 'deed' denotes a document recording ownership and 'over' commonly marks transfer in phrasal verbs (compare 'hand over' or 'turn over'), so a learner could infer 'transfer by deed'. However, the verbial use of 'deed' and the specialised legal sense make the exact meaning somewhat technical and not fully predictable for a B1 learner without prior exposure.
Etymology
The verb deed over comes from the old practice of giving someone the written deed and handing it over so the paper showed the land now belonged to them. That is why it means 'to transfer ownership'.