Blank deed

Deed \Deed\, n. [AS. d[=ae]d; akin to OS. d[=a]d, D. & Dan.
   daad, G. that, Sw. d[*a]d, Goth. d[=e]ds; fr. the root of do.
   See {Do}, v. t.]
   1. That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an
      act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive
      application, including, whatever is done, good or bad,
      great or small.
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            And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye
            have done?                            --Gen. xliv.
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            We receive the due reward of our deeds. --Luke
                                                  xxiii. 41.
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            Would serve his kind in deed and word. --Tennyson.
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   2. Illustrious act; achievement; exploit. "Knightly deeds."
      --Spenser.
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            Whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn. --Dryden.
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   3. Power of action; agency; efficiency. [Obs.]
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            To be, both will and deed, created free. --Milton.
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   4. Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed.
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   5. (Law) A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or
      parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some
      transfer, bargain, or contract.
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   Note: The term is generally applied to conveyances of real
         estate, and it is the prevailing doctrine that a deed
         must be signed as well as sealed, though at common law
         signing was formerly not necessary.
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   {Blank deed}, a printed form containing the customary legal
      phraseology, with blank spaces for writing in names,
      dates, boundaries, etc.
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   6. Performance; -- followed by of. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   {In deed}, in fact; in truth; verily. See {Indeed}.
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Blank \Blank\, a. [OE. blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, fr. F.
   blanc, fem. blanche, fr. OHG. blanch shining, bright, white,
   G. blank; akin to E. blink, cf. also AS. blanc white. ?98.
   See {Blink}, and cf. 1st {Blanch}.]
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   1. Of a white or pale color; without color.
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            To the blank moon
            Her office they prescribed.           --Milton.
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   2. Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty
      space to be filled in with some special writing; -- said
      of checks, official documents, etc.; as, blank paper; a
      blank check; a blank ballot.
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   3. Utterly confounded or discomfited.
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            Adam . . . astonied stood, and blank. --Milton.
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   4. Empty; void; without result; fruitless; as, a blank space;
      a blank day.
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   5. Lacking characteristics which give variety; as, a blank
      desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests, affections,
      hopes, etc.; as, to live a blank existence; destitute of
      sensations; as, blank unconsciousness.
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   6. Lacking animation and intelligence, or their associated
      characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc.;
      expressionless; vacant. "Blank and horror-stricken faces."
      --C. Kingsley.
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            The blank . . . glance of a half returned
            consciousness.                        --G. Eliot.
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   7. Absolute; downright; unmixed; as, blank terror.
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   {Blank bar} (Law), a plea put in to oblige the plaintiff in
      an action of trespass to assign the certain place where
      the trespass was committed; -- called also {common bar}.
      

   {Blank cartridge}, a cartridge containing no ball.

   {Blank deed}. See {Deed}.

   {Blank door}, or {Blank window} (Arch.), a depression in a
      wall of the size of a door or window, either for
      symmetrical effect, or for the more convenient insertion
      of a door or window at a future time, should it be needed.
      

   {Blank indorsement} (Law), an indorsement which omits the
      name of the person in whose favor it is made; it is
      usually made by simply writing the name of the indorser on
      the back of the bill.

   {Blank line} (Print.), a vacant space of the breadth of a
      line, on a printed page; a line of quadrats.

   {Blank tire} (Mech.), a tire without a flange.

   {Blank tooling}. See {Blind tooling}, under {Blind}.

   {Blank verse}. See under {Verse}.

   {Blank wall}, a wall in which there is no opening; a dead
      wall.
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