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Definition :

Conveyance, an instrument which transfers property from one person to another, defined for the purposes of the Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 205, as including 'mortgage charge, lease, assent, vesting declaration, vesting instrument, disclaimer, release and every other assurance of property or of any interest therein by any instrument, except a will.' See CONVEYANCING ACT; DEED; LAW OF PROPERTY; TRUSTS.

Includes a conveyance on sale and every instrument by which property, whether movable or immovable, is transferred inter vivos and which is not otherwise specifically provided for by Schedule I. [Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (2 of 1899), s. 2 (10)]

Includes a vessel, an aircraft and a vehicle. [Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), s. 2 (9)]

Means a conveyance of any description whatsoever and includes any aircraft, vehicle or vessel. [Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (61 of 1985), s. 2 (viii)]

Means any vehicle, vessel, aircraft or any other means of transport including any animal. [Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (22 of 1992), s. 2 (c)]

Includes a vessel, vehicle, country-craft and an aircraft. [Emigrations Act, 1983 (31 of 1983), s. 2(b)]

The voluntary transfer of a right or of property, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.

Conveyance, the statutory provision extends to all forms of disposition by which creditors may be defrauded, except a will, and except, possibly, any disposition not in writing, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 18, para 360, p. 167.

Fall within the provision whether it is made by the debtor or at his direction, Eicholz, Eicholz's Trustee (in re:) v. Eicholz, (1959) Ch 708 (UK).