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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Conveyance

n. 1. The voluntary transfer of a right or of property.

Conveyancer

A lawyer who specializes in real-estate transactions. ( In England, a conveyancer is a solicitor or licensed conveyancer who examines title to real estate, prepares deeds and mortgages, and performs other functions relating to the transfer of real property.

Reconveyance

n. The restoration or return of something (esp. an estate or title) to a former owner or holder. - reconvey, ub.

Uniform Fraudulent Conveyances Act

A model act adopted in 1918 to deal with issues arising from fraudulent conveyances by insolvent persons. ( This act differentiated between conduct that was presumed fraudulent and con- duct that required an actual intent to commit fraud. - Abbr. UFCA.

absolute conveyance

A conveyance in which a right or property is transferred to another free of conditions or qualifications (i.e., not as a security). Cf. conditional conveyance.

conditional conveyance

See CONVEYANCE.

derivative conveyance

See secondary conveyance.

fraudulent conveyance.

1. A transfer of property for little or no consideration, made for the purpose of hindering or delaying a creditor by putting the property beyond the creditor's reach; a transaction by which the owner of real or personal property seeks to place the property beyond the reach of creditors. - Also termed fraud on creditors.

innocent conveyance

Hist. A leaseholder's conveyance of the leaseholder's property interest - that is, something less than a fee simple. ( It is a conveyance of an equitable interest.

involuntary conveyance

See involuntary alienation under ALIENATION. involuntary deposit See DEPOSIT (6).

mesne conveyance

See CONVEYANCE.

original conveyance

See primary conveyance under CONVEYANCE.

present conveyance

A conveyance made with the intent that it take effect at once rather than in the future.

primary conveyance

A conveyance that creates an estate. ( Examples of primary conveyances include feoffment, gift, grant, lease, exchange, and partition. - Also termed original conveyance. Cf. secondary conveyance."Of conveyances by the common law, some may be called original, or primary conveyances; which are those by means whereof the benefit or estate is created or first arises: others are derivative or secondary; whereby the benefit or estate, originally created, is enlarged, restrained, transferred, or extinguished." 2 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 309 (1766).

secondary conveyance

A conveyance that follows an earlier conveyance and that serves only to enlarge, confirm, alter, restrain, restore, or transfer the interest created by the primary conveyance. - Also termed derivative conveyance. Cf. primary conveyance.

voluntary conveyance

A conveyance made without valuable consideration, such as a deed in favor of a relative.2. The transfer of a property right that does not pass by delivery of a thing or merely by agreement. 3. The transfer of an interest in real property from one living person to another, by means of an instrument such as a deed. 4. The document (usu. a deed) by which such a transfer occurs. 5. A means of transport; a vehicle. 6. Bankruptcy. A transfer of an inter- est in real or personal property, including an assignment, release, monetary payment, or the creation of alien or encumbrance. - Also termed (in sense 6) bond for deed. See FRAUDULENT CONVEYANCE; PREFERENTIAL TRANSFER.