Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Deed \Deed\, n. [AS. d?d; akin to OS. d[=a]d, D. & Dan. daad, G.
   thai, Sw. d[*a]d, Goth. d?ds; fr. the root of do. See {Do},
   v. t.]
   1. That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an
      act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive
      application, including, whatever is done, good or bad,
      great or small.

            And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye
            have done?                            --Gen. xliv.
                                                  15.

            We receive the due reward of our deeds. --Luke
                                                  xxiii. 41.

            Would serve his kind in deed and word. --Tennyson.

   2. Illustrious act; achievement; exploit. ``Knightly deeds.''
      --Spenser.

            Whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn. --Dryden.

   3. Power of action; agency; efficiency. [Obs.]

            To be, both will and deed, created free. --Milton.

   4. Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed.

   5. (Law) A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or
      parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some
      transfer, bargain, or contract.

   Note: The term is generally applied to conveyances of real
         estate, and it is the prevailing doctrine that a deed
         must be signed as well as sealed, though at common law
         signing was formerly not necessary.

   {Blank deed}, a printed form containing the customary legal
      phraseology, with blank spaces for writing in names,
      dates, boundaries, etc.

   6. Performance; -- followed by of. [Obs.] --Shak.

   {In deed}, in fact; in truth; verily. See {Indeed}.