warranty deed

noun

: a deed warranting that the grantor has a good title free and clear of all liens and encumbrances and will defend the grantee against all claims

Examples of warranty deed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The investigation into Willard started in October 2022, when a Houston man claimed that Willard had forged the general warranty deed to his 47,045-square-foot vacant lot the previous month, according to the complaint. Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023 Investigators called the title company where the property owner had filed the original warranty deed and learned that Willard had visited the firm’s office and falsely identified himself as the owner of the lot, according to the complaint. Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023 This transfer document has several names, including the warranty deed, special warranty deed, trustee’s deed, quitclaim deed, among others. Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2023 Documents that would at one time be accepted as warranty deeds are suddenly thrown into the quitclaim cesspool. Dallas News, 19 Feb. 2023 The association conveyed the property to Bentonville on Nov. 1, 2006, by special warranty deed, according to court documents. Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 14 Dec. 2022 Cooper Realty conveyed the Lake Bella Vista property to the Trailblazers Association by limited warranty deed on Feb. 10, 2000. Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 14 Dec. 2022 The acre lot was purchased last week through the 360 El Brillo Way Trust, a company affiliated with Florida real estate developer Todd Michael Glaser, the warranty deed shows. Amber Randall, sun-sentinel.com, 6 Oct. 2021 Read did transfer the warranty deed back to the city on May 14 after owning the tower for more than a week. Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY, 16 June 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1751, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of warranty deed was in 1751

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“Warranty deed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warranty%20deed. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

Legal Definition

warranty deed

see deed

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