Conveyal

/kənˈveɪəl/ noun

Definition

In law and real estate, the act or process of transferring property or legal rights from one person to another; the conveyance itself.

Etymology

From 'convey' plus '-al' (the act of doing something). This is an older or less common variant of 'conveyance,' maintaining the same Latin roots in 'via' (way/road).

Kelly Says

While 'conveyal' appears in legal texts, 'conveyance' is the standard term—but the -al suffix (like in 'removal,' 'approval,' 'revival') is disappearing from English, so older documents sound distinctly archaic when using these -al forms.

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