The deed related to a transfer of an estate in the 11th century.

The group did, however, have objections to boundary changes which caused the transfer of an estate of council houses to West Bromwich.

Demise, in its original meaning, is an Anglo-Norman legal term (from French démettre, from Latin dimittere, to send away) for a transfer of an estate, especially by lease.

The most important document, the one that dealt with the transfer of an estate from his brother, Damien, the current earl of Blackstone, to him, floated in the air out of reach, and headed straight for the fireplace and certain destruction.