What seems to be recorded in this are the natural suspicions that fell on the chief beneficiaries of the murder ; their actions after the murder, however sympathetic they might seem ( if actual ), cannot prove their guilt in the deed itself.

A man might make his wife a settlement by deed of gift, which gave her a life interest in part of his property, and he might reserve to her the right to bequeath it to a favorite child ; but she could in no case leave it to her family.

A father might, however, execute a deed granting a daughter power to leave her property to a favorite brother or sister.

Now she herself took power and soon also killed her oldest surviving son Seleucus V. Two different motives are given as reason for this deed: According to one version he had attempted to claim the throne without her agreement, according to the other version she was afraid that he might avenge the assassination of his father.

As usual, Holmes has deduced everything correctly, but with one almost disastrous exception: he fails to anticipate that the would-be murderer might actually use the same empty house for his nefarious deed that he and Watson are now using as their vantage point.

My Judith is paralyzed by her deed, frozen by the thought that she might give birth to Holofernes ' son ; she knows that she has passed her boundaries, that she has, at the very least, done the right thing for the wrong reasons.

The original deed promoted “ godliness and good learning ” and established that any boy showing sufficient academic ability, regardless of background, might attend, free of charge.

At this time, there is abundant evidence that lords refused to regrant on any terms to the deceased tenant's heirs ; the deed phrase " to and his heirs and assigns " is the product of efforts by purchasers to preserve such rights on behalf of those who might inherit or purchase the land from them.

" To realize that within our grasp, in Zeta Tau Alpha, lies the opportunity to learn those things which will ever enrich and ennoble our lives ; to be true to ourselves, to those within and without our circle ; to think in terms of all mankind and our service in the world ; to be steadfast, strong, and clean of heart and mind, remembering that since the thought is father to the deed, only that which we would have manifested in our experience should be entertained in thought ; to find satisfaction in being, rather than seeming, thus strengthening in us the higher qualities of the spirit ; to prepare for service and learn the nobility of serving, thereby earning the right to be served ; to seek understanding that we might gain true wisdom ; to look for the good in everyone ; to see beauty, with its enriching influence ; to be humble in success, and without bitterness in defeat ; to have the welfare and harmony of the Fraternity at heart, striving ever to make our lives a symphony of high ideals, devotion to the Right, the Good, and the True, without a discordant note ; remembering always that the foundation precept of Zeta Tau Alpha was Love, ' the greatest of all things.

Tertullian, in De Spectaculis 30, mentions that in addition to the theory that the disciples stole the body the theory that the gardener did the deed such that " his lettuces might come to no harm from the crowds of visitants the body.

Although aware that his deed might cost him his own life, Kenneth Bishop exhibited the finest example of selfless courage and humanitarian concern to save a complete stranger.

In modern English usage, the terms " idiot " and " idiocy " describe an extreme folly or stupidity, and its symptoms ( foolish or stupid utterance or deed ).

An English critic was later to describe it as " a dirty deed done in public ," and to many it must have seemed simply shocking rather than in any profound intellectual sense revolutionary.

It was coined by the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt ( 1858 – 1919 ), to describe some American anarchists, especially those who engaged in propaganda by the deed.

The foreclosure process as applied to residential mortgage loans is a bank or other secured creditor selling or repossessing a parcel of real property ( immovable property ) after the owner has failed to comply with an agreement between the lender and borrower called a " mortgage " or " deed of trust.

In real estate transactions, a general warranty deed is an agreement that the buyer's title to a parcel of land will be defended.

It comprises a complaint that the ownership ( title ) of a parcel of land or other real property is defective in some fashion, typically where title to the property is ambiguousfor example, where it has been conveyed by a quitclaim deed through which the previous owner disclaims all interest, but does not promise that good title is conveyed.

It was recorded for years in the local history books that the land on which Columbus sits was donated by General Tipton ; however, a deed purporting to show a sale of the land was acquired in 2003 by Historic Columbus Indiana.

The deed indicated that General Tipton actually sold the land.

For example, a piece of land may be partitioned ( or carved out ) by a deed poll into Section A and the Remaining Portion thereof.

The type of estate is generally determined by the language of the deed, lease, bill of sale, will, land grant, etc., through which the estate was acquired.

The terms of the trust are usually written down in a trust instrument or deed but, in England and Wales, it is not necessary for them to be written down to be legally binding, except in the case of land.

An 1824 land deed for Upper Canada

An Amorite named Abi-ramu or Abram was the father of a witness to a deed dated to the reign of Hammurabi's grandfather ; Ammi-Ditana, great-grandson of Hammurabi, still titled himself " king of the land of the Amorites ".

" No worse deed for the English race was done than this was, since they first sought out the land of Britain.

A deed is an example of a claim right in the sense that it asserts a right to own land.

The law required three steps: file an application, improve the land, and file for deed of title.

* Tribes grant right of way for rail roads authorized by Congress ; A Land patent, or " first-title deed " to alternate sections of land adjacent to rail roads would be granted to the rail road upon completion of each 20 mile section of track and water stations

* A Land patent, or " first-title deed " shall be issued as evidence of allotment, " issued by the President of the United States, and countersigned by the chief executive officer of the nation in which the land lies "

The remaining land was sold on a first-come basis ( typically by Land run, with settlers also receiving a Land patent type deed.

Ten years later there were several Jewish families in the town ; on Feb. 3, 1747, there was recorded a deed to Isaac Nunus Ricus ( Henriques ) and Joseph Simon, conveying of land " in trust for the society of Jews settled in and about Lancaster ," to be used as a place of burial.

Pendarvis said that he had a canceled check to prove his purchase of the land in question, but no deed was ever produced, and the original landowners denied having sold land to Pendarvis or his associates.

A generous donor was found in the persons of David Murphy and his wife Rachel, who by deed dated September 2, 1822 "..... gave as a donation to the County of St. Francois, upon which to fix the county seat, fifty two acres of land ...”

The name was used earlier, in May 1858, in a deed of railroad land to the county.

" That deed came with two conditions: that the land would be used for an educational institution, and “ to be maintained as an institution of learning to which Indian students will be admitted free of tuition and on an equality with white students ” in perpetuity ( Act of 61st Congress, 1911 ).

The first land deed found was dated 1836 to S. W.

He received deed to the land in 1878.

Part of his compensation was the deed to a tract of land, one square mile, located near the old settlement of Cadron.

Adjacent to the Malibu Country Mart was a vacant, plot of land owned by billionaire Jerry Perenchio and sold to the City of Malibu in 2005 with strict deed restrictions prohibiting any further commercial use.

But those rights were recognized only when the land and deed were registered.

Within Indian Territory, as lands were removed from communal tribal ownership, a Land patent ( or first-title deed ) was given to tribal members.

Thus letters patent does not equate to an open letter but rather to any form of document, deed, contract, letter, despatch, edict, decree, epistle etc.

After the location was chosen and boundaries surveyed, the owner of the warrant exchanged it for a patent, which was equivalent to a deed in fee simple and passed all title of the government to the holder.

A patented claim is one for which the federal government has issued a patent ( deed ).

" The spelling in 1677 was " Moggonck " in both Dutch deed and English patent .... although the spelling change from gg to h was probably done for the sake of euphony, with commercial considerations in mind, it has the effect of helping preserve the guttural sound of the letter g in Dutch, the original language in which the name was transliterated from the Indian tongue.

According to his land patent, to be legally binding, each deed had to have a president's endorsed signature upon it.

Besides patent, other terms for the certificate that grants such rights include first-title deed and final certificate.

In the United States, all land can be traced back to the respective land patent, to first title deed and to claims that document titles for land originally owned by France, Spain, United Kingdom, Mexico, Russia, or Native Americans.

A deed given by Stephen Van Rensselaer ( one of the patroons ) to Abraham Jacob Lansingh, dated July 13, 1769, described the north bounds of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck and the south bounds of the Stone Arabia patent.