Delivery
in law (1) the delivery the grantee, which is expressed in the of a deed, or the handing of it over to attestation , "sealed and delivered," is one of the requisites to a good deed. A deed takes effect only from this delivery; for date be false or impossible, the delelivery ; for livery ascertains the time of it. A delivery may be either absolute, that is, to the grantee himself or to a third person to hold till some conditions be performed on the part of the grantee. In parent in favor of his children, or deeds certain cases as wills, bonds made by a in which the grantee has himself an interest , or where there is a mutual obligation between the parties, delivery is not not required. See DEED. (2) An expression peculiar to England, also called jail delivery, a term applied to the Sessions at the Old Bailey, London, or the Assizes, when the jail is delivered or cleared of the prisoners.
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