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deeds
(encz) | deeds,skutky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
deeds
(gcide) | deeds \deeds\ n. (Religion)
performance of moral or religious acts; salvation is not by
deeds, but by faith; to do good deeds.
Syn: works.
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deeds
(wn) | deeds
n 1: performance of moral or religious acts; "salvation by
deeds"; "the reward for good works" [syn: works, deeds] |
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man of deeds
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Commissioner of deeds
(gcide) | Commissioner \Com*mis"sion*er\, n.
1. A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some
office, or execute some business, for the government,
corporation, or person employing him; as, a commissioner
to take affidavits or to adjust claims.
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To another address which requested that a commission
might be sent to examine into the state of things in
Ireland, William returned a gracious answer, and
desired the Commons to name the commissioners.
--Macaulay.
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2. An officer having charge of some department or bureau of
the public service.
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Herbert was first commissioner of the Admiralty.
--Macaulay.
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The commissioner of patents, the commissioner of the
land office, the commissioner of Indian affairs, are
subordinates of the secretary of the interior.
--Bartlett.
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Commissioner of deeds, an officer having authority to take
affidavits, depositions, acknowledgment of deeds, etc.,
for use in the State by which he is appointed. [U. S.]
County commissioners, certain administrative officers in
some of the States, invested by local laws with various
powers in reference to the roads, courthouses, financial
matters, etc., of the county. [U. S.]
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man of deeds
(gcide) | man of deeds \man of deeds\ n.
Same as man of action.
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Title deeds
(gcide) | Title \Ti"tle\ (t[imac]"t'l), n. [OF. title, F. titre, L.
titulus an inscription, label, title, sign, token. Cf.
Tilde, Titrate, Titular.]
1. An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by
which it is known.
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2. The inscription in the beginning of a book, usually
containing the subject of the work, the author's and
publisher's names, the date, etc.
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3. (Bookbindng) The panel for the name, between the bands of
the back of a book.
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4. A section or division of a subject, as of a law, a book,
specif. (Roman & Canon Laws), a chapter or division of a
law book.
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5. An appellation of dignity, distinction, or preeminence
(hereditary or acquired), given to persons, as duke
marquis, honorable, esquire, etc.
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With his former title greet Macbeth. --Shak.
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6. A name; an appellation; a designation.
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7. (Law)
(a) That which constitutes a just cause of exclusive
possession; that which is the foundation of ownership
of property, real or personal; a right; as, a good
title to an estate, or an imperfect title.
(b) The instrument which is evidence of a right.
(c) (Canon Law) That by which a beneficiary holds a
benefice.
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8. (Anc. Church Records) A church to which a priest was
ordained, and where he was to reside.
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Title deeds (Law), the muniments or evidences of ownership;
as, the title deeds to an estate.
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Syn: Epithet; name; appellation; denomination. See epithet,
and Name.
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man of deeds
(wn) | man of deeds
n 1: someone inclined to act first and think later [syn: {man of
action}, man of deeds] |
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