conveyancing

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the legal work of preparing documents and completing the transfer of property from one owner to another

   The solicitor handled the searches, contracts, and other conveyancing for the house purchase.

From conveyance + -ing. In property law, conveyance means the transfer of legal title; conveyancing names the professional process of investigating title, drafting documents, exchanging contracts, and completing that transfer.

Topics