CONVEYANCE

conveyance, primarily the act or process of conveying anything. the verb "to convey," now used in the senses of carrying, transporting, transmitting, communicating or handing over, originally had the same meaning as "convoy" (q.v.), i.e. to accompany, a meaning which still survived in the 18th century. like "convoy" it is ultimately derived from the late lat. _conviare_ (not from _convehere_), but through the old norman french form _conveier_, which in central france passed into the form _convoier_, mod. fr. _convoyer_, whence "convoy." apart from the general sense given above the word conveyance is now used in three special senses: (1) a carriage or other means of transport, (2) in law, the transference of property by deed or writing between living persons, and (3) the written instrument by which such transference is effected. (see conveyancing.)