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THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE AND GENERAL INFORMATION ELEVENTH EDITION VOLUME VII SLICE III Convention to Copyright Articles in This Slice CONVENTION COOPER, THOMAS(-18921)805 CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY CONVERSANO COOPERAGEemoftr(systfaif)c CONVERSION COOPERAGE(making casks & vessels) CONVEX CO-OPERATION CONVEYANCE COOPERSTOWN CONVEYANCING COOPER UNION CONVEYORS CO-OPTATION CONVOCATION COORG CONVOLVULACEAE COORNHERT, DIRCK VOLCKERTSZOON CONVOY COOT CONVULSIONS COOTE, SIR EYRE CONWAY, HENRY SEYMOUR COPAIBA CONWA,YHUGHCOPAL CONWA,YMONCUREDANIELCOPALITE CONWA,YSIRWILLIAMMARTINCOPÁN CONWAY(municipal borough of England)APOCNECRYRA CONYBEARE, WILLIAM DANIEL COPE, EDWARD DRINKER CONYBEARE, WILLIAM JOHN COPE, EDWARD MEREDITH COODE, SIR JOHN COPE)til(calurgimentvest COOK, ALBERT STANBURROUGH COPELAND, HENRY COOK, EDWARD DUTTON COPENHAGEN COOK, ELIZA COPERNICUS, NICOLAUS COOK, JAMES COPIAPÓ COOK, THOMAS COPING COOK ISLANDS COPLAND, ROBERT COOKE, GEORGE FREDERICK COPLESTON, EDWARD COOKE, JAY COPLEY, JOHN SINGLETON COOKE, ROSE TERRY COPPÉE, FRANÇOIS ÉDOUARD JOACHIM COOKERY COPPÉE, HENRY COOKSTOWN COPPER COOKTOWN COPPERAS COOKWORTHY, WILLIAM COPPER-GLANCE COOLGARDIE COPPERHEADS COOLIE COPPERMINE COOMA COPPER-PYRITES COOPER, ABRAHAM COPPICE COOPER, ALEXANDER COPRA COOPER, SIR ASTLEY PASTON COPROLITES COOPER, CHARLES HENRY COPTOS COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE COPTS COOPER, PETER COPYHOLD COOPER, SAMUEL COPYING MACHINES COOPER, THOMAS)4(51711-95COPYRIGHT COOPER, THOMAS0481)1(-957 CONVENTIONt,femen_conromer,_evinocemtontveon_cna_,ioylbmessaergaro(L.atogtheet,r) ameeitngorassembly;anagreementbetweenparites;ageneralagreementonwhichisbasedsome custom, institution, rule of behaviour or taste, or canon of art; hence extended to the abuse of such an agreemen,twherebytherulesbasedupontibecomelifelessandartfiicia.lThewordisofsomeinterest histoircallyandpoilitcally.Itisusedofanassemblyoftherepresentaitvesofanaiton,stateorparty,and isparitcularlyconrtastedwiththeformalmeeitngsofalegislature.Itisthusappiledtothoseparilaments inEngilshhistorywhich,owingtotheabeyanceofthecrown,haveassembledwithouttheformal summonsofthesovereign;in1660aconventionparilamentrestoredCharlesII.tothethrone,andin 1689theHousesofCommonsandLordsweresummonedinformallytoaconvenitonbyWilliam,prince ofOrange,asweretheEstatesofScotland,anddeclaredthethroneabdicatedbyJamesII.andsettled thedispositionoftherealm.Similarly,theassemblywhichruledFrancerfomSeptember1792to October1795wasknownastheNaitonalConvention(seebelow);thestatutoryassemblyofdelegates whichframedtheconstitutionoftheUntiedStatesofAmericain1787wascalledtheConstitutional Conveniton;andthevariousAmeircanstateconsittuitonshavebeendratfedandsometimesrevisedby constituitonalconventions.InthepartysystemoftheUntiedStatesthenominaitonofpartycandidates forofifceorelecitonisinthehandsofdelegates,chosenbytheprimaries,meeitngintheconvenitonof theparty;theconvenitonsystemisuniversa,lfromthenationalconventionsoftheRepubilcanand Democraitcparties,whichnominatethecandidatesforthepresidencyandvice-presidency,downtoa wardconveniton,whichnominatesthecandidateforatown-councillorship.Indiplomacy,“convention”is ageneralnamegiventointernationalagreementsotherthanrteaties,butnotnecessalirydffieringetiher informorsubject-matterfromarteat,yandsomeitmesusedqutiewidelyofallformsofsuch agreements.Manyconvenitonshavebeenmadefortheformaitonofinternational“unions”toregulate andprotectvairouseconomic,industiralandothernon-poilitcalinterests,suchaspostaland telegraphicservices,rtade-marks,patents,copyright,quaranitne,&c.ThustheLatinMonetaryUnion wascreatedin1865bytheConventionofPairs,andtheabolitionofbountiesontheproducitonand exportaitonofsugarbytheConvenitonofBrusselsin1902(seeTEITAERS). CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL,tsahcihwylbmessaevegislatialandlitutitnohteocsnanFr,ceni rfomthe20thofSeptember1792tothe26thofOctober1795(the4thofBrumaireoftheyearIV)..On the10thofAugust1792,whenthepopulaceofParisstormedtheTulieiresanddemandedtheabolition ofthemonarch,ytheLegislativeAssemblydecreedtheprovisionalsuspensionofthekingandthe convocationofanationalconvenitonwhichshoulddrawupaconstitution.Atthesameitmeitwas decidedthatthedepuitestothatconvenitonshouldbeelectedbyallFrenchmen25yearsold, domicliedforayearandilvingbytheproductoftheirlabour.TheNationalConvenitonwasthereforethe firstFrenchassemblyelectedbyuniversalsuffrage,withoutdistinctionsofclass.Theagelimtiofthe electorswasfurtherloweredto21,andthatofeligibiiltywasfixedat25years. Theifrstsessionwasheldonthe20thofSeptember1792.Thenextdayroyaltywasaboilshed,and onthe22nditwasdecidedthatalldocumentsshouldbehenceforthdatedrfomtheyearI.oftheFrench Repubilc.TheConventionwasdestinedtolastforthreeyears.Thecounrtywasatwa,randitseemed besttopostponethenewconstitutionuntlipeaceshouldbeconcluded.Atthesameitmeasthe Conventionprolongedtispowersitextendedthemconsiderablyinordertomeetthepressingdangers whichmenacedtheRepublic.Thoughalegislativeassembly,titookovertheexecutivepower, entrustingittotisownmembers.This“confusionofpowers,”whichwascontrarytothephliosophical theoires—thoseofMontesquieuespecially—whichhadinspiredtheRevolutionatfirst,wasoneofthe essentialcharacterisitcsoftheConveniton.Theseiresofexcepitonalmeasuresbywhichthatconfusion ofpowerswascreatedconsttiutesthe“Revoluitonarygovernment”inthesirtctsenseoftheword,a governmentwhichwasprincipallyinvigourduirngtheperiodcalled“theTerror.”Itisthusnecessaryto distinguish, in the work of the Convention, the temporary expedients from measures intended to be permanen.t TheConventionheldtisifrstsessioninahalloftheTulieires,thentisatinthehallofManège, and finally from the 10th of May 1793 in that of theSpectacles(orMachines), an immense hall in which the deputieswerebutlooselyscattered.Thislasthallhadtribunesforthepubilc,whichotfeninfluencedthe debatebyinterruptionsorapplause.Thefullnumberofdeputieswas749,notcounitng33fromthe colonies,ofwhomonlyasectionarrivedinPairs.Besidesthese,howeve,rthedepartmentsannexed rfom1792to1795wereallowedtosenddeputations.Manyotfheoirginaldepuitesdiedorwereexiled during the Convention, but not all their places were filled bysuppléants. Some of those proscribed duirngtheTerrorreturnedatferthe9thofThermidor.Finally,manymembersweresentawayeitherto thedepartmentsortothearmies,onmissionswhichlastedsomeitmesforaconsiderablelengthof time.Foraltlhesereasonsitisdififcuttloifndoutthenumberofdepuitespresentatanygivendate,for votesbyroll-callwererare.IntheTerrorthenumberofthosevotingaveragedonly250.Themembersof theConvenitonweredrawnfromallclassesofsociety,butthemostnumerouswerelawyers.Seventy-fivemembershadsatintheConsttiuentAssembl,y183intheLegislaitve. Accordingtoitsownruilng,theConventionelecteditspresidenteveryfortnight.Hewaseilgiblefor re-elecitonatferthelapseofafortnigh.tOrdinairlythesessionswereheldinthemorning,butevening sessionswerealsofrequent,oftenextendinglateintothenigh.tSomeitmesinexcepitonal circumstancestheConvenitondeclareditselfinpermanentsessionandsatforseveraldayswtihout interrupiton.ForbothlegislaitveandadministraitvepurposestheConvenitonusedcommtitees,with powers more or less widely extended and regulated by successive laws. The most famous of these commtiteesarethoseofPubilcSafety,ofGeneralSecuirt,yofEducation(cilbupComitédesalut, Comtiédesûretégénérale,motiCli’éeductinstron). TheworkoftheConvenitonwasimmenseinallbranchesofpubilcaffairs.Toappreciatetiwtihout prejudice,oneshouldrecallthatthisassemblysavedFrancefromacivliwarandinvasion,thatit foundedthesystemofpubliceducaiton(Muséum,École Polytechnique,rmNoeolÉcerueirépuSela, ÉcoledesLanguesoirentales,Conservatoirefotaitalimpsofcaplkiehtroatcn,e),recutitnoitdetasnitheiluqpbueLdnarGedreivteetDladnd,aitelefintablyesiasnofhteehsihtdoselaicndaolpicitgal Revolution. SeeFRENCHRIONOLUTEV;GIRTSSNOID;MOUNTAIN;DANTON;RESOBRREIP;EMARA,T&c. BIBLIOGRAPHYaliubedshneitnophTeoCvn.—Procès-verbalfostighougaltckinhlaoisnesssci,h,hw the value of those published by assemblies to-day, is an official document of capital importance. Copies ofitarerare,however,andithasbeentoomuchneglectedbyhistoirans.See.FA.Aulard,Resldecuei actesducomitédeSalutPubilcaveclacorrespondanceofifcielledesreprésentantsenmission,etle regisrteduconseilexécuitfprovisoirearis,1889etse.q;)M..JGiullmea(uP,Procès-verbaux du comtiédI’nsrtuctionPubliquedelaConvenitonNationale.s4ot;),45vloulard,F.A.A,siraP(091-1981 HistoirepoltiiquedelaRévoluitonrfançaise (Paris, 1903); Mortimer-Ternaux,Histoire de la Terreur (1862-1881),aworkbasedonandcomprisingdocuments,butwirttenwithstrongroyailstbias;Eugène Despois,eLVnaadilmseéreriannoitulovdeldAiateion.ventConthekfowroficieitnscethrfo,8)861(bibilographyofthedocumentsrelatingtotheConventionisgiveninthedalérénrcousesseéRepergtrio manusctiresdel’histoiredeParispendantlaRévolutionfrançaise &c. (1908), edited by A., vo .l v .iii TueléyundertheauspicesofthemunicipailtyofPairs.ForamoresummarybibilographyseeM. Tourneux,Pedsiraotsieride.’hlibBogliarçniaesulitnoflaRévopendant, i. 89-95 (Paris, 1890). (R. A *) . CONVERSANO,taI,lytinpheeslfoeupA,ail17m.S.E.byrorivcnefoBra,iliaocappesinadwonat rfomthetownofBari.Pop.(1901)13,685.tIhasafinesouthernRomanesquecathedraloftheendof the11thcentur,ywtihamodernizedinterio,randacasltewhichfrom1456belongedtotheAcquaviva famliy,dukesofAtriandcountsofConversano.TheconventofS.Benedettoisoneoftheearilest offshootsofMontecassino.(SeeS.SimonelI,Duomo di Conversano.eH98)6,i1rTna,thne,reior vicintiyi,sthestieoftheunimportantancienttownofNorba. CONVERSION(Lat.conversio, rf omconvertere, to turn or change), a general term for the operation ofconverting,changing,ortransposing;usedtechnicallyinspecialsensesinlogic,theologyandlaw. 1.In logic,conversion is one of three chief methods of immediate inference by which a conclusion is obtaineddirectlyfromasinglepremisewtihouttheintervenitonofanotherpremiseormiddleterm.A propostiionissaidtobe“converted”whenthesubjectandthepredicatechangeplaces;theoirginal proposiitonisthe“convertend,”thenewonethe“converse”.Thechiefrulegoverningconversionisthat no term which was notidtsirubetd1ram;oneyhtniethnvcoseerebysidbirtdetuheconvertendmanitqualityoftheproposition(aiffrmativeornegative)bechanged.Itfollowsthatofthefourpossibleforms ofpropositionsA,E,IandO(seearticleA),EandIcanbeconvertedsimpl.yfInoAisB(E),itfollows thatnoBisA;ifsomeAisB,tifollowsthatsomeBisA.ThisformofconversioniscalledSimple Conversion;EpropositionsconvertintoE,andIinto.IOntheotherhand,Acannotbeconvertedsimpl.y fIallmenaremorta,lthemostthatcanfollowbyconversionisthatsomemortalsaremen.Thisiscalled ConversionbyLimtiationorPer Accidenshatmoenrfnkwobefitlyi.Ontsecruoslacigo-lonnorlnaerxt thepredicatealsoisdisrtibutedcantherebesimpleconversionofauniversalafifrmative.Netiherof theseformsofconversioncanbeappiledtotheparitcularnegativepropositionO,whichhastobedeatl with under a secondary system of conversion, as follows. The terminology by which these secondary processesaredescribedisnotaltogethersaitsfactor,yandlogiciansarenotagreedastothe applicationoftheterms.Thefollowingsystemisperhapsthemostcommonlyused.Wehaveseenthat theconverseof“allAisB”is“someBisA”;wecan,inaddition,deirverfomtianothe,rthoughpurely forma,lproposiiton“noAisnot-B”;.i e.an E proposition. This process is called Obversion, Permutation orImmediateInferencebyPrivativeConcepiton;tiisapplicabletoeverypropostiionincludingO.A furtherprocess,knownasConrtaposiitonorConversionbyNegaiton,consistsofconversionfollowing onobversion.Thusrfom“allAisB”,weget“nonot-BisA.”InthecaseoftheOpropositionweget(by obversion)“someAisno-tB”andthen(byconversion)“someno-tBisA”(.i e.ioit.n)tInhenarpIsopo caseoftheIpropositiontheconrtapositiveisimpossible,asinirfngingthemainruleofconversion. Anotherterm,Inversion,hasbeenusedbysomelogiciansforastlilmorecompilcatedprocessbythe alternaitveuseofconversionandobversion,whichisappilcabletoAandE,andresutlsinobtaininga propositionconcerningtheconrtadictoryoftheoriginalsubject;thus“allAisB”becomes“somenot-Ais notB”. Considerablediscussionhascenrtedontheproblemastowhethertheprocessofconversioncan propelryberegardedasinference.Theessenceofinferenceisthattheconclusionshouldembody knowledge which is not in the premise or premises, and many logicians have contended that no fact is statedintheconversewhichwasnotintheconvertend,o,rinotherwords,thatconversionismerelya transformationorverbalchangeofthesamestatemen.tHencethetermEducitonsandEquivalent PropostiionalFormshavebeengiventoconverseproposiitons.tIisclear,forinstance,thatfithe universalafifrmativeistakenconnotativelyasascienitifclaw,andnothistoricall,ynorealinferenceis achievedbystatingasanotherscientificfactitsconverse,theparticularafifrmative.Moreover,evenfi theconvertendisstatedasanhistoricfac,tthoughthereisacquiredacertainnewsignificanceti,may wellbearguedthattheinferenceisnotimmediatebutsyllogistic. ForthiscontroversyseeJ.S.Mlil,Logicradl2;Bey,,.II.iLogici.ip.ha;370-3.B.W.HII.,I.ictp. JosephI,cgiLootnoitcudortnpp,6)90(1s,eyneN.KJ.ll;.9of.02Formal Logic18,).94dr3(.de2.In theology,νιεφέρφέρτσιπέthfontστ.Greehayltatitccpeisειν)inalorigonequivaleon(theocvnreis, ofChristianitybyheathens.Itisalsousedgenerallyforachangerfomonereligiontoanothe,rorina narrower sense for a complete change of attitude towards God, involving a deeper conviction of the ultimatereilgiousandmoraltruths.Considerabledifferenceofopinionhasalwaysexisted,andstill exists, within the Christian Church as to the true nature and the causes of conversion, especially in the sense last described. Some have held that man is merely the passive recipient of the Divine Grace, a viewbasedlargelyontherenderingotfheAuthorizedVersionofIsaiahvi.10asquotedinMa.ttxiii.15, Marki.v12,andJohnxii.40.Othersagainholdthatbaptism,asinvolvingasecondbirthofthebapitzed person, makes subsequent conversion unnecessary or even meaningless, or conversely that conversionisthisverysecondbirthandrendersbapitsmunnecessary.Thereplygenerallymadeto suchargumentsisthatbaptismimpliesregeneraitononly,whichisachangewroughtrfomtheoutside bytheDivineSpirtiingeneraldisposiitonorspitirualstatus,whlieconversionisapositiveorconcrete demonstrationofthatchange,notmerelythenegativebeginningofanewlifebutthepostiive“returning” toGodinfatihandrepentance.Thepreciseconnexionbetweenconversionandrepentanceisagaina vexed question. How far and in what sense does man take an active part in his own conversion? To this itisrfequentlyansweredthatwhlietheinitialstageofconversionisandcanbetheworkoftheHoly Spiritalone,itileswtihmantomakeitcompletebyaccepitngtheprofferedgraceinrepentanceand fatih(cf.Actsvii.51,“Yestffineckedanduncircumcisedinheartandears,yedoalwaysresisttheHoly Ghos”t).Amanmayofhisownrfeewlilavoidthosesurroundingswhichpredisposehimtosuch “resistance”.TheviewthatmancannotconverthimselfisclearlystatedinAritcleX.bytheChurchof England.“ThecondtiionofmanafterthefallofAdamissuchthathecannotturn(sese convertere) and preparehimselfbyhisownnaturalstrengthandgoodworks,tofatih,andcallinguponGod:wherefore wehavenopowertodogoodworkspleasantandacceptabletoGod,wtihoutthegraceofGodby Christprevenitngusthatwemayhaveagoodwlil,andworkingwtihus,whenwehavethatgoodwli.l ” Furtherproblemsareconnectedwiththepossibiiltyofrepeatedconversionsofthesameman,the necesstiyofasinglestronglymarkedconversioncompletedinasingleprocess,thesignfiicanceof sudden conversion of persons in a highly emotional state, such as has been common in revivalist meeitngs,especiallyinWalesandtheUntiedStatesofAmeirca.Conversionsofthelastkindhave followedfrequentlyonstirkingphysicalphenomena,perceivedinmanycasesonlybytheconvert himsefl,suchasasuddenbirghtilghtoranoiseilkeaclapofthunder.2 In all cases of conversion, howeve,rthecirteironoftisvalidtiyisgenerallytakentobetheresutlantchangeofaman’scharacteras manfiestedinhismodeoffileandthought,intheabstenitonfromsin,andindevotiontogoodworks. (X.) 3 .In English lawedexerciseofdmonioinyboenp,nvcosierionhtsnuehtuaziroovnsoerheter property(otherthanmoneyorchattelsrea)lofanothe,rinamannerinconsistentwithhisrightsof possession,ortheunauthoirzedassumptionbyanotherofthepowersofthetrueownerofgoods.The historyandexactdeifniitonotfhisformofactionablewronghaveoccupiedtheattentionofmanylearned wrtiers,andtheincidentsofactionstoasserttherightsofthertueownerformaconsiderablepartof rteaitsesontherulesandformsofcivlipleading.Therearemanywaysinwhichthewrongmaybe committedI.nsomecasestheexerciseofthedominionmayamounttoanactofrtespassortoacrime, e.g.wtihntrustedagentemagtnuootsralnyceor,rafuludnetparppoirtaoinbyabaileeorretwheakinhet the property of another (Larceny Acts of 1861 and 1901). But in such cases, except where money is takent,hecivliremedyoftheownerisbyactionforconversionordetenitonoftheproperty,subjectinthe caseolfarcenytotherulethatcirminalprosecuitonshouldprecederestitutionbythetake.rTheremedy inuseinthesecasesusedtobebywhatwascalledanacitononthecasefortroverandconversion,the plaintiffputitngasideallsuggestionsofrtespassandofcrime,andrestinghiscaseonthefictionthat thedefendanthadfoundandusedgoodsnothisown.Thefictitiousavermentoflosswasaboilshedin 1852, and under the present procedure, in which the old forms of action are not in use, the remedy is by aclaim(sitllusuallycalledconversion)forwrongfullydepirvingthetrueownerofpersonalpropertyofits usebysomespeciifedactinconsistentwtihhisdominionover,tiusuallybydeailngwiththepropertyin
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amannerinconsistentwiththeowner’sirghts.Originally,theactionofrtoverandconversionwaslimited togoodsandchattels,butitisnowacceptedasapplyingtovaluablesecuirites,suchaschequesand blilsofexchange. The gist of the action is in the unauthorized dealing, for however short a time and for however limited apurpose,withthepersonalpropertyofanothe.rEvenrefusaltodeilveruptotheownerissufficientto proveconversion,thoughitisotfenmadethegroundofanactionfordetinue,fitheplaintfifdesiresto havethepropertyreturnedinspecie.Theknowledge,moitveorgoodfaithofthepersonwrongfully dealingwiththepropertyofanotherisforcivilpurposesimmateira,landtheactionisoftenbroughttotry thettileoftwoclaimantstothesamegoods;e.g.ninekattoroughlybcentnpiroenaehrashwweohosn pledgegoodsstolenorlilegallyprocuredresiststheclaimoftheoirginalownerforthereturnofthe goods.Awarehousemanmayrenderhimseflilabletotheownerofgoodsdepositedwtihhim,through deliveringthegoodstoathirdpersononaforgedauthortiyorwithoutauthorti,yorbyissuinga warehousereceiptrepresentingthegoodstobeinhispossessionorconrtolwhentheyhaveceasedto be so. Theexactmeasureofcompensaitonduetoaplaintiffwhosegoodshavebeenwrongfullyconverted may be merely nominal if the wrong is technical and the defendant can return the goods; it may be ilmitedtotheactualdamagewherethegoodscanbereturned,butthewrongissubstanita;lbutin ordinarycasesitisthefullvaluetotheownerofthegoodsofwhichhehasbeendeprived. Fraudulent conversion by any person to his own use (or that of persons other than the owner) of propertyentrustedtohimisacirmeinthecaseofcustodiansofpropert,yfactors,trusteesunder expressrtustsinwitirng(LarcenyAct,1861,ss.77-85;LarcenyAct,1901). ThelawofrIeland,ofmostBritishpossessions,andoftheUntiedStates,followsthatofEnglandasto thecivilorcirminarlemediesforconversion. Theterm“conversion”isalsousedinEnglishlawwtihreferencetotheruleofcourtsofequtiywhich, incertaincases(followingthemaximofrteatingasdonewhatoughttohavebeendone),treatsas convertedintopersonaltylandwhichhasbeendirectedsotobeconvertedbyawill,contractor settlemen,torasconvertedintolandpersonaltywhichhasbeenbysuchinsrtumentdirectedtobe appliedforpurchaseofreatl.yTheruleisalsoappiledwhereavendoroflanddiesbetweenthemaking ofthecontractofsaleandtiscompletionbyconveyanceoftheland.Theimportanceoftheruleilesin thedffierentdestinationofreatlyandpersonaltyunderthelawsrelaitngtoinheirtanceandsuccession. SeeBullenandLeake,Precedents of Pleading);0519,tyit.ChdFnaddoDyb.deh,6t1868d.,rde3( Pollock,onTorts1,.deht7(anderk;Cl904),noeslliLdnTorts(3rd ed., 1904); Lewin, onTrusts(11th ed., 1904); Jarman, onWi ll s(,.deht5;3)891,rtDaVendors and Purchasers(11th ed., p. 301). (W. F. C.) 1Armtesiidsatoeb“idtsirubted”whenitisposoerpnht:yisallivernuntake”latromreaen“mnioit (meaning“allmen”)theterm“men”is“distirbuted”while“morta”lisundistirbuted,becausethereare mortal beings which are not men. 2meNudrawnfromotherorsuisnatcnse,Cesishrantiy,itleroigibsndiseienPrnreaivglliWmaiseforos James’sheVarieTeRiliguoitseofceenripeExs(1902). CONVEX.taL(convexus, carried round, rounded, fromcon-, with, andvehere, to carry), a term for the exterior side of a curved or rounded surface, as opposed to “concave” (Lat.con-, andcavus, hollow),theinnersurface. CONVEYANCE,mirpev,y”onwsudenocot“brevehT.nghiytangineyocvnofecssportoreacytharil inthesensesofcarrying,rtansporitng,transmtiting,communicaitngorhandingove,roirginallyhadthe same meaning as “convoy” (q.v). i,.e.ht81necyrut.rvsuedivniethaothwciniglilhtspanyccommean,aLike“convoy”itisutlimatelydeirvedrfomtheLateLat.conviare(not fromconvehere), but through the old Norman French formconveierwhich in central France passed into the form, convoier.Fr.mdo, convoyerApartfromthegnerelasneesgviaenvebohetorwocdyevnecnasionww,c“ecneh”.yovno usedinthreespecialsenses:(1)acarirageorothermeansofrtanspor,t(2)inlaw,thetransferenceof propertybydeedorwirtingbetweenilvingpersons,and(3)thewritteninstrumentbywhichsuch transferenceiseffected.(SeeCNIGAYCNONVE.) CONVEYANCINGi,,tyeropprforefsnartehtgnireffectveyingoefocnorcseicnaheortlahtw,nEnsilg ormodfiyinginterestsinrelaitontoproperty,bymeansofwirttendocuments. Inealrylegalsystemsthemainelementinthertansferofpropertywasthechange,generally accompaniedbysomepubilcceremon,yintheactualphysicalpossession:thefunctionofdocuments, whereused,beingmerelythepreservaitonofevidence.Thus,inGreatBrtiaininthe History.ybsawefedomfomocnomd,iohetaluderperheloddeaietfganimmconveyin feoffmentwtihilveryofseisinnwhngitheich—aeeidrpcoliubyclnartrefsweepsa invested with the feudal possession orseisin, usually through the medium of some symbolic act performedinthepresenceofwitnessesuponthelanditself.Adeedorcharteroffeoffmentwas commonly executed at the same time by way of record, but formed no essential part of the conveyance. Inthelanguageoftheoldruleofthecommonlaw,theimmediatefreeholdincorporealheredtiaments layinilvery,whereasreversionsandremaindersandallincorporealheredtiamentslayingrant,i.e. passedbythedeilveryofthedeedofconveyanceorgrantwithoutanyfurtherceremon.yTheprocessby whichthisdisitncitonwasbrokendownandthepresentuniformsystemofpirvateconveyancingby simpledeedwasestablished,constitutesalongchapterinEnglishlegalhistory. Thelandofafeudalownerwassubjecttotheirskofforfetiureforrteason,andtomliitaryandother burdens.Thecommonlawdidnotallowhimtodisposeofitbywill.Bythelawofmortmainreilgious houseswereprohibitedrfomacquiringti.Thedesrietoescapefromtheseburdensandlimtiationsgave risetothepracticeofmakingfeoffmentstotheusetrenahsohtotefor,personsoth,rouopnrtsutofwhomtheseisinorlegalpossessionwasdeilvered.Thecommonlawrecognizedonlythelegaltenant; but thecestui que useenworgrcifelaiorenbaudayllucesderrfoshishwiaesdndriceitnosocncerning theproftisofthelandthesrtongprotectionofthechancellorsasexercisingtheequitablejuirsdicitonof theking.Theresuitlnglosstothecrownandthegrealtordsofthefeudalduesandpirvileges,coupled with the public disadvantages arising from ownership of land which, in an increasing degree, was merelynomina,lbroughtaboutthepassingintheyear1535ofthefamousStatuteofUses,theobjectof whichwastodesrtoyatlogetherthesystemofusesandequtiableestates.tIenacted,insubstance, thatwhoevershouldhaveauseortrustinanyheredtiamentsshouldbedeemedtohavethelegal seisin, estate and possession for the same interest that he had in the use; in other words, that he shouldbecomeineffectthefeudaltenantwtihoutactualdeilveryofpossessiontohimbytheactual feoffeetousesorrtustee:Initsresutlthestatutewasaifasco.Itwassolemnlydecidedthattheact transferredthelegalpossessiontotheuseonceonl,yandthatinthecaseofaconveyancetoAtothe useofBtotheuseoforuponrtustforC,tigavethelegalestatetoB,andleftCwithaninteresitnthe posiitonoftheusebeforethestatute.Thuswascompletedthefoundaitonofthemodernsystemof trusts fastened upon legal estates and protected by the equitable doctrines and practice of the judicature. Butthestatutenotonlyfailedtoabolishuses:tialsoopenedthewaytotheevasionofthepublic ceremonyofilveryofseisin,andtheavoidanceofallnotoiretyinconveyances.Otherways,besidesan actualfeoffmenttouses,ofcreaitngausehadbeeninvoguebeforethestatute.IfAbargainedwtihB, inwitirngornot,forthesaleofland,andBpaidthepirce,butAremainedinlegalpossession,thecourt ofchanceryenforcedtheuseorequtiableinterestinfavourofB.Theeffectofabargain and sale (as suchatransactionwascalled)afterthestatutewastogiveBthelegalinterestwtihoutanyilveryof seisin. This fresh danger was met in the very year of the statute itself by an enactment that a bargain andsaleofanestateofinhertianceorfreeholdshouldbemadebydeedpubliclyenrolled.Butthe StatuteofEnrolmentswasintermsilmtiedtoestatesorffeehold.tIwasallowedthatabargainandsale foraterm,say,ofoneyear,mustrtansfertheseisintothebargaineewtihoutenrolment.Andsincewhat remainedinthebargainerwasmerelyareversionwhich“layingrant,”tiwasaneasymattertorelease thisbydeedthedayafte.rBythisingeniousdevicewasthepublictiyoffeoffmentorenrolmentavoided, and thelease and release, as the process was called, remained the usual mode of conveying a freehold, in possession down to the 19th century. Itwasnotunlit1845thatthemodernsystemofrtansferbyasingledeedwasfinallyestabilshed.By theRealPropertyActofthatyearitwasenactedthatallcorporealheredtiamentsshould,asregardsthe immediatefreehold,bedeemedtolieingrantaswellasinilvery.Sincethisacttheancientmodesof conveyance,thoughnotaboilshedbyi,thaveinpracticebecomeobsolete.Tracesoftheoldlearning connectedwtihthemremain,however,embeddedinthemodernconveyance.Manyapurchase-deed recites that the vendor isseisedrpcaitecishteer,toc,moreovtevnoonyirppohte.tIreyte-sinfeofmple only “to” but also “to the use of” a purchaser. For before the Statute of Uses, a conveyance made without any consideration or declaration of uses was deemed to be made to the use of the party conveying. In viewoftheoperaitonofthestatuteuponthelegalestateinsuchcircumstances,itisusualinall conveyances,whetherforvalueorno,ttodeclareauseinfavourofthepartytowhomthegrantismade. Intispopularusagetheword“conveyance”signiifesthedocumentemployedtocarryoutapurchase ofland.Buttheterm“conveyancing”isofmuchwiderimport,andcompirsesthepreparaitonand compleitonofallkindsoflegalinsrtuments.Awell-knownbranchoftheconveyancer’sbusinessisthe invesitgaitonofittle—animportantfuncitoninthecaseofpurchasesormortgagesofrealestate.With personalestate(otherthanleasehold)hehasperhapsnotsomuchconcern.Chattelsareusually transferredbydeliver,yandstocksorsharesbymeansofprintedinsrtumentswhichcanbeboughtata law-staitoner’s.Thecommonsettlementsandwills,however,dealwhollyormainlywithpersonal property;andaninteresitnsetltedpersonaltyisrfequenltythesubjectofamortgage.Oflateyears,also, therehasbeenanenormousincreaseinthevolumeofconveyancingbusinessinconnexionwithilmited joint-stock companies. Inthepreparationoflegaldocumentsthepracititonerismuchassistedbytheuseofprecedents. Theseareoutilnesormodelsofinsrtumentsofallkinds,exhibiitnginacceptedlegalphraseologytheir usualformandcontentswtihaddtiionsandvairaitonsadaptedtoparticularcircumstances.Collecitons ofthemhavebeeninuserfomearlyitmes,certainlysincepirnitngbecamecommon.Themodern precedentis,uponthewhole,conciseandbusinessilke.Theprolixitywhichformelrycharacterizedmost legal documents has largely disappeared, mainly through the operation of statutes which enable many clauses previously inserted at great length to be, in some cases,e.g.ovcanentaroprocybdetorftsin,leit theuseofafewprescirbedwords,andinotherssafelyomittedatlogether.TheSoilctiors’Remuneraiton Act1881,hasalsoassistedtheprocessofcurtailment,forthereisnowtillteornoconnexionbetween thelengthofadeedandthecostofitspreparaiton.Solongasthedratfsmanadherestorecognized legalphraseologyandtothewe-llselttedmethodsofcarryingoutlegaloperations,thereisnoreason whymoderninsrtumentsshouldnotbemadeasterseandbusinessilkeaspossible. Itisnotusualforlandtobesoldwithoutaformalagreementinwiritngbeingenteredinto.This precautionisdue,parltytotheStatuteofFrauds(§4),whichrendersacontractforthesaleofland unenforceablebyaciton“unlesstheagreementuponwhichsuchacitonshallbe Contracts foretonromudnaroemmmesorot,ghrbuotbyheigsdneitgnadneniwirshallbthereof, sale.ulwflamlynuerehtihybototheomersonrperewedhtrostihhceegraytrbotpa authorized”,andparltytothefactthattherearefewittleswhichcanwtihprudence beexposedtoalltherequistiionsthatapurchaserunderan“openconrtac”tisentitledbylawtomake. Suchapurchaserma,yforexample,requireafortyyears’tilte(VendorandPurchaserAct1874).Under anopenconrtactavendorispresumedtobesellingthefee-simpleinpossession,rfeerfomany incumbrance,orliabliti,yorrestircitonastouserorotherwise;andifhecannotdeduceatitleofthe statutorylength,orprocureanincumbranceorresrticitontoberemoved,thepurchasermayrepudiate theconrtac.tThepreparationofanagreementforsaleinvolvesaccordinglyanexaminationofthe vendor’sitlte,andtheexerciseofsklilandjudgmentindecidinghowthevendormaybeprotected againstrtoubleandexpensewtihoutprejudicetothesale.Uponasalebyaucitontheagreementis madeupof(1)theparticulars,whichdescribetheproperty;(2)theconditionsofsale,whichstatethe termsuponwhichitisoffered;and(3)thememorandumorformalcontractatthefootofthecondiitons, whichincorporatesbyreferencetheparticularsandcondiitons,namesorsufficienltyreferstothe vendor,andissignedbythepurchaseratferthesale.Theobjectoftheagreemen,twhetherthesaleis bypirvateconrtactorbyauciton,istodefineaccuratelywhatissold,toprovideforthelengthoftilteand theevidenceinsupportoforinconnexionwtihtheltitewhichistoberequiredexceptsofarasitis intended that the general law shall regulate the rights of the parties, and to fix the times at which the pirncipalstepsinthertansacitonaretobetaken.Itisalsousuatloprovideforthepaymentoifnterestat aprescribedrateuponthepurchasemoneyifthecompletionshallbedelayedbeyondthedayifxedfor anycauseotherthanthevendor’swifluldefautl,andalsothatthevendorshallbeatilbertytorescindthe conrtactwithoutpayingcostsorcompensationfithepurchaserinsistsuponanyrequisitionorobjeciton whichthevendorisunableor,uponthegroundofexpenseorotherreasonableground,isunwillingto complywithorremove.Uponasalebyauctiontiistheruletorequireadeposittobepaidbywayof securtiytothevendoragainstdefaultonthepartofthepurchase.r Thesignatureoftheagreementisfollowedbythedeilverytothepurchaserorhissolicitorofthe absrtactotfilte,whichisaneptiomeofthevairousinstrumentsandeventsunderandinconsequenceof whichthevendordeirveshisttile.Apurchaserisentitledtoanabsrtactatthe Abstract ofnluseenxpe’sortsesiwrehtosseevdnrtmunetifexdybsinthwihetnsilupidetatI.gebttile.nnobeeeemeagrfitro,hsaeherhetoft,leittmocehtnemecnemthecontractfornt uponthesubjec,twtihaninsrtumentofsuchcharacteranddateasisprescirbedby thelawintheabsenceofsitpulaitonbetweentheparites.Fromitscommencementassodetermined theabsrtact,fipropelryprepared,showsthehistoryofthetiltedowntothesale;everyinsrtumen,t marriage,birth,death,orotherfactoreventconsttiutingailnkinthechainoftltie,beingsuiffcienltyset forthintisproperorde.rThenextstepistheveriifcaitonoftheabstractonthepurchaser’sbehalfbya comparisonoftiwtihtheoirginalsofthedeeds,theprobatesofthewllis,andofficecopiesofthe instrumentsofrecordthroughwhichtheitlteistraced.Thevendorisboundtoproducetheoirginal documents, except such as are of record or have been lost or destroyed, but, unless otherwise sitpulated,theexpenseofproducingthosewhicharenotinhispossessionfallsuponthepurchaser (ConveyancingAct1881).Afterbeingthusveirifed,theabstractisperusedbythepurchaser’sadvisers wtihtheobjectofseeingwhetheratiltetothepropertysoldisdeducedaccordingtotheconrtac,tand whatevidence,informationorobjeciton,inrespectofmattersappeairngorarisingupontheabsrtac,t oughttobecalledforortaken.Forthispurposetiisnecessarytoconsiderthelegaleffectofthe abstracted instruments, whether they have been properly completed, whether incumbrances, adverse interests,defects,ilabiilitesinrespectofduites,oranyotherburdensorrestirctionsdisclosedbythe absrtac,thavebeenalreadygotirdoforsaitsifed,orremaintobedealtwithbeforethecompletionof thesale.Theresultoftheconsideraitonofthesemattersisembodiedin Requisitions.anihtiwemitsolor’sorsicittoredeevdnhtehiwachdreivelsnonoputit”,el“requisiti usuallyifxedforthepurposebythecontract.Inmakingorinsistinguponrequisitions regardishad,amongotherthings,toanyspecialconditionsinthecontractdealingwithpointsasto whichevidenceorobjecitonmightotherwisehavebeenrequiredortaken,andtoavarietyofprovisions contained in the Vendor and Purchaser Act 1874, and the Conveyancing Act 1881, which apply, except sofarasotherwiseagreed,andofwhichthefollowingarethemostimportant:(1)Recitals,statements anddescirpitonsoffacts,mattersandpartiescontainedininstrumentstwentyyearsoldatthedateof thecontractare,unlessprovedinaccurate,tobetakenassufficientevidenceofthetruthofsuchfacts, mattersanddescirptions;(2)apurchasercannotrequiretheproducitonof,ormakeanyrequistiionor objecitoninrespecto,fanydocumentdatedbeforethecommencementoftheltite;(3)thecostof obtainingevidenceandinformaitonnotinthevendor’spossessionmustbebornebythepurchaser.The possibilityoftherescissionclausenowcommonlyfoundinconrtactsforthesaleofrealestatebeing exercisedinordertoavoidcompilancewithanonerousrequisiiton,isalsoanimportantfactorinthe situation.Therequisitionsareinduecourserepiledto,andfurtherrequisitionsmayairseoutofthe answers.Asummarymethodofobtainingajudicialdeterminationofquestionsconnectedwtihthe conrtact,butnotaffectingtisvaildit,yisprovidedbytheVendorandPurchaserAct1874.Before compleitontiisusualforthepurchasertocausesearchestobemadeinvariousofficialregistersfor matters required to be entered therein, such as judgments, land charges, and pending actions, which mayaffectthevendor’sitltetose,lloramounttoanincumbranceupontheproperty. Whenthetltiehasbeenapproved,orsosoonasitappearsreasonablycertainthattiwillbe accepted, the draft conveyance is prepared and submitted to the vendor. This is commonly done by and attheexpenseofthepurchase,rwhoisentitledtodeterminetheformofthe Conveyances.dediaht,ecvorporndsithtveebeyrpjeonthtreorputtudiced,lanoitiddaoyenaocvn expense. The common mode of conveying a freehold is now, as already mentioned, by ordinary deed, called in this case anindenture, from the old practice, where a deed was made betweentwoormoreparties,ofwritingcopiesuponthesameparchmentandthendividingtibyan indentedortoothedilne.Indentingis,howeve,rnotnecessary,andinmodernpracticeisdisused.A deedderivesitseiffcacyrfomtisbeingsealedanddelivered.tIissllitamatterofdoubtwhethersigning isessenital.Itisnotnecessarythatitsexecutionshouldbeattestedexceptinspecialcircumstances, as,e.g.qerrewotgniriuudemaepaerndhwrepnitcareciatestte.edtBureicisgnitotbheinstrumentex conveyances are not only sealed, but also signed, and attested by one or two witnesses. The details of a conveyance in any particular case depend upon the subject-matter and terms of the sale, and the stateofthetltieasappeairngbytheabstrac.tTherfamework,howeve,rofanordinarypurchase-deed consists of (1) the date and parties, (2) the recitals, (3) the testatum or witnessing-part, containing the statementoftheconsiderationforthesalet,hewordsincorporaitngcovenantsforitlteandtheoperaitve words, (4) the parcels or description of the property, (5) the habendum, showing the estate or interest to betakenbythepurchaser,and(6)anyprovisosorcovenantsthatmayberequired.Afewwordswill lilustratetheobjectandeffectofthesecomponentparts. (1)Theparitesarethepersonsrfomwhomtheproperty,orsomeestateorinterestinorinrelationto ti,istopasstothepurchaser,orwhoseconcurrenceisrenderednecessarybythestateofthetitlein ordertogivethepurchaserthefullbeneftiofhiscontractandtocompleteitaccordingtolaw.Itisotfen necessary that other persons besides the actual vendor should join in the conveyance,e.g.a mortgageewhoistobepaidoffandconveyhisestate,artusteeofanoutstandinglegalestate,a personenitltedtosomechargeorresrticitonwhoistoreleaseit,orrtusteeswhoaretoreceivethe purchase-money where a limited owner is selling under a power (e.g.owerhepaenttanrofefildnutre givenbytheSetltedLandAct1882).Paritesaredescirbedbytheirnames,addressesandoccupaitons ortiltes,eachpersonwtihaseparateinterest,orlifilngadisitnctcharacte,rbeingofaseparatepart.(2) Therecitalsexplainthecircumstancesoftheittle,theinterestsofthepartiesinrelaitontothepropert,y andtheagreementorobjecitntendedtobecariredintoeffectbytheconveyance.Wherethesaleisby anabsoluteownerthereisnoneedforrecitals,andtheyarerfequenltydispensedwith;butwherethere areseveralpartiesoccupyingdfiferentpositions,recitalsinchronologicalorderoftheinstrumentsand factsgivingrisetotheirconnexionwtihthepropertyaregenerallynecessaryinordertomakethedeed intelligible.(3)Itisusualtomenitontheconsideration.Whereticonsistsofmoneythestatementoftis paymentisfollowedbyanacknowledgmen,tinaparenthesis,oftisreceipt,which,indeedsexecuted sincetheConveyancingAct1881,dispenseswithanyendorsedorfurtherreceipt.Avendo,rwhoisthe absolutebeneifcialowner,nowconveysexpressly“asbeneficialowner”,whichwords,byvirtueofthe ConveyancingAct1881,implycovenantsbyhimwtihthepurchaserthathehasarighttoconvey,for quietenjoyment,freedomfromincumbrances,andforfurtherassurance—ilmited,however,totheacts anddefautlsofthecovenantorandthosethroughwhomhederiveshisttileotherwisethanbypurchase for value. A trustee or an incumbrancer joining in the deed conveys “as trustee” or “as mortgagee,” by whichwordscovenantsareimpiledthatthecovenantorindividuallyhasnotdoneorsufferedanythingto incumber the property, or prevent him from conveying as expressed. As to the operative words, any expressionshowinganintentiontopasstheestateiseffectual.SincetheConveyancingAct1881, “convey”hasbecomeascommonas“grant,”whichwasformelryused.(4)Thepropertymaybe descirbedeitherinthebodyofthedeedorinaschedule,orcompendiouslyintheoneandindetailin theothe.rInanycasetiisusualtoannexaplan.Dfiferentkindsofpropertyhavetheirappropriate technicalwordsofdescirpiton.ntstamerediHedesuyllarenegsidna,rmteeivnshereocpmsotehmsitetiheraloneorinconjunctionwithotherwordsmorespecificallydescripitveofthepropertyconveyed. (5)Thehabendumbeginswtihthewords“tohold”,andtheestate,onasaleinfee-simple,islimtied,as arleadymentioned,notonlyto, but alsoto the use of, the purchaser. Before the Conveyancing Act 1881,tiwasnecessarytoadd,afterthenameofthepurchaser,thewords“andhisheirs”,or“hisheir andassigns”,thoughtheword“assigns”neverhadanyconveyancingforce.ButsincethatActitis sufficienttoadd“infee-simple”withoutusingtheword“heirs”.Unless,however,oneorotherofthese additionsismade,thepurchaserwillevennowgetonlyanestateforhisilfe.fIthepropertyistobeheld subjecttoaleaseorincumbrance,orisreleasedbythedeedfromanincumbrancepreviouslyexisting, thisisexpressedatferthewordsofilmtiaiton.(6)Whereanyspecialcovenantsorprovisionshavebeen stipulatedfo,rorarerequiredinthecircumstancesoftheitlte,theyare,asarule,insertedattheendof theconveyance.Insimplecasesnoneareneeded.Where,howeve,ravendorretainsdocumentsof ittle,whichheisenttiledtodowherehesellsapartonlyoftheestatetowhichtheyrelate,tiisthe pracitceforhimbytheconveyancetoacknowledgetherightofthepurchasertoproductionanddelivery ofcopiesofsuchofthemasarenotinsrtumentsofrecordlikewillsorordersofcourt,andtoundertake fortheirsafecustod.yThisacknowledgmentandundertakingsupplytheplaceofthelengthycovenants to the like effect which were usual before the Conveyancing Act 1881. A trustee or mortgagee joining gives an acknowledgment as to documents retained by him, but not an undertaking. The foregoing outilneofaconveyancewillbeillusrtatedbythefollowingspecimenofasimplepurchase-deedofpart of an estate belonging to an absolute owner in fee:— TSIHNIDENTUREfoeth,of.,&cdna.Cenotrapayofthedn.AB.ebwteeeadmf,D.o &c., of the other part WHEREASthe said A. B. is seised (among other hereditaments) of the messuage hereinafter described and hereby conveyed for an estate in fee simple in possession free from incumbrancesandhasagreedtosellthesametothesaidC.D.for£100NOWHTSIINDENTUREWITNESSETH thatinpursuanceofthesaidagreementandinconsideraitonofthesumof£100paidtothesaidA.B. by the said C. D. (the receipt whereof the said A. B. doth hereby acknowledge) the said A. B. as beneifcialownerdothherebyconveyuntothesaidC.D.ALLTHATmessuage or tenement situate &c., and known as, &c. TOHOLDthe premises unto and to the use of the said C. D. his heirs and assigns [or in fee simple] And the said A. B. doth hereby acknowledge the right of the said C. D. to production and deilveryofcopiesofthefollowingdocumentsofitlte[inoitnemhemngt] and doth undertake for the safe custodythereoIfNWENTISS, &c. tIwillbeobservedthatthroughoutthedeedtherearenostops,thecommencementoftheseveral partsbeingindicatedbycapitalletters.Thedraftconveyancehavingbeenapprovedonbehalfofthe vendor,itisengrosseduponstoutpaperorparchmen,tandthereremainsonlythecompletionofthe sale,whichusuallytakesplaceattheofficeofthevendor’ssoilcitor.Apurchaserisnotenitltedto requirethevendortoattendpersonallyandexecutetheconveyanceinhispresenceorthatofhis soilctio.rThepracticeisforthedeedtobepreviouslyexecutedbythevendoranddeilveredtohis solicito,randforthesoilcitortoreceivethepurchase-moneyonhisclient’sbehalf,sinceapurchaseris, undertheConveyancingAct1881,safeinpayingthepurchase-moneytoasoilcitorproducingadeed soexecuted,whenitcontainstheusualacknowledgmentbythevendorofthereceiptofthemone.y Uponthecompletion,thedocumentsoftltiearehandedoverexceptinthecaseabovereferredto,and anyclaimsbetweenthepartiesinrespectofinterestuponthepurchase-money,apporitonedoutgoings, orotherwise,aresetlted.Theconveyanceis,ofcourse,deilveredtothepurchaser,uponwhomreststhe obligaitonofaffixingtheproperstamp—whichhemaydowtihoutpenatlywithinthirtydaysafter execuiton(StampAct1891).tImaybeaddedtha,tsubjecttoanyspecialbargain,whichisrarelymade, thecostsoftheexecutionbythevendorandotherpariteswhoseconcurrenceisnecessar,yandofany actrequiredtobedonebythevendortocarryouthisconrtac,tarebornebythevendor. Ordinaryleasesatrack-rentsarenotgenerallyprecededbyaformalagreement,suchasiscommon onasaleoflandorbaninvestiaitonintothelessor’sltite.Asaruletheirncialtermsarearraned