English Explanatory Dictionary

signed, sealed, and delivered

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Completed, particularly with respect to the conveyance of something.

Word forms

signed, sealed, and delivered

Etymology

From an old English common law rule that property was not conveyed from one party to another until the document memorializing the conveyance had been signed by the conveyor, affixed with his seal, and delivered to the recipient of the property.

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