单词 | conveyancer |
释义 | conveyancern. 1. That which conveys or accomplishes the conveyance of anything. (In quot. 1791 said of a person.) ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > [noun] > conveying or transporting > one who or that which conveyor1513 transporter1535 conveyancer1624 the world > movement > transference > [noun] > conveying or transporting > conveying by a channel or medium > channel or medium of conveyance carriera1398 conduct1423 conveyance1548 conduita1569 conduit-pipe1581 convoy1599 conveyor1621 conveyancer1624 convoyance1682 conductor1796 efferent1876 society > travel > transport > [noun] > one who transports or conveys conveyor1513 transporter1535 porter1581 malem1609 conveyancer1791 1624 Bp. J. Hall Serm. Chappell Earle of Exceter 22 The moon..the receptacle of all the influences of the heavenly bodies, and the conveyancer of them, to this inferior world. 1791 F. Burney Diary 7 July (1842) V. 224 Her Majesty made me also the happy conveyancer of various presents to them both. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. II. xxi. 431 Nature is nothing more than a conveyancer..conducting activity from one substance to another. 2. A lawyer who prepares documents for the conveyance of property, and investigates titles to property. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > lawyer dealing with specific type of business conveyancer1650 prerogative lawyer1681 pettifogger1688 crown lawyer1738 criminal lawyer1753 Crown solicitor1779 trial lawyer1929 1650 E. Hendon , etc. (title) The Perfect Conveyancer; or Select Precedents. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 272. ⁋1 I have a young Kinsman who is Clerk to a great Conveyancer. 1723 R. Steele Conscious Lovers ii. i The mother has actually sent for the conveyancer to draw articles for his marriage with Lucinda. 1833 T. B. Macaulay Horace Walpole in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 228 He..tasked the ingenuity of conveyancers to tie up his villa in the strictest settlement. 1878 W. Black Green Pastures xiii. 101 Who is also..a notary public, a conveyancer and real estate agent. 1891 Law List 291 [List of]..Conveyancers not at the Bar. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > nimble or dexterous mercury1600 conveyor1608 conveyancer1753 cannon1902 1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom I. xix. 125 He had therefore concerted his measures with the dexterity of an experienced conveyancer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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