Definition

Conveyance (Property Law) (Ro.: cesiune/ transferul dreptului de proprietate, Fr.: cession, n.f./ transfert de propriété, n.m., Gr.: μεταβίβαση (κυριότητας), Cz.: postoupení, cese) (See also: alienation, cession, property, transfer) = represents the voluntary act of alienation and transmission of a legal title (usually transfer of property or even ownership) from one person to another.  

Deed of ~ (Ro.: act de cesiune, Fr.: acte de cession, n.m./ acte de transfert de propriété, n.m., Gr.: έγγραφο μεταβίβασης) = represents the document by means of which the holder of a good transfers the property right to another person

 

Useful links

Legislation

http://legeaz.net/dictionar-juridic/transferul-dreptului-de-proprietate-in-noul-cod-civil - Romanian Civil Code, Romania [Romanian]

http://legeaz.net/noul-cod-civil/art-1767-transmiterea-dreptului-de-proprietate-preluarea-si-predarea-bunurilor-contractul-de-furnizare - Romanian Civil Code, Art. 1767, Romania [Romanian]

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1881/41/pdfs/ukpga_18810041_en.pdf - Conveyancing and Law of Property Act, 1881, UK [English]

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/ca1919141/ - Conveyancing Act 1919, Australia [English]

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/pdf/2009/en.act.2009.0027.pdf - Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009, UK [English]

Case law

http://www.casecheck.co.uk/CaseLaw.aspx?EntryID=20067&CaseType=Conveyancing&CaseTitle=Nugent+v+Nugent+%5B2013%5D+EWHC - Nugent v. Nugent [2013] EWHC 4095

http://www.casecheck.co.uk/CaseLaw.aspx?EntryID=18785&CaseType=Conveyancing&CaseTitle=Nicholson+and+ors+v+Hamilton - Nicholson and ors v. Hamilton (Tullochgribban Mains) ltd. and anr [2012] CSOH 138

http://www.casecheck.co.uk/CaseLaw.aspx?EntryID=18453&CaseType=Conveyancing&CaseTitle=David+Barclay+Smith+v+James - David Barclay Smith v. James Crombie and Mrs. Rita Crombie, [2012] CSOH 52

Organisations and associations

http://www.aicnsw.com.au/about-us/conveyancing-history/ - A brief history of the NSW Conveyancing Profession, Australian Institute of Conveyancers, NSW (Australia)

http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/support-services/advice/articles/conveyancing-protocol/ – A guide to conveyancing protocol, The Law Society (UK)

Online Publications

http://www.academia.edu/4045775/Conveyancing_Lectures_All_Notes - Conveyancing law and practice, Academia.edu

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13600834.2010.494047#preview – Real estate e-conveyancing: vision and risks, Taylor & Francis Online

http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=b91f8d28-df4c-4178-be39-cc68e4cdc680 – The Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009, Lexology

http://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3174&context=ilj – Crane, Francis R., The Law of Real Property in England and the United States: Some Comparisons, Indiana Law Journal

http://www.landlawwatch.co.za/download/2011/TC/TC-2011-Agdashi-Conveyancing_2.pdf - Aghdasi, Shaida, Specialisation for Conveyancing, University of Cape Town

 

By Ruxandra Popescu