What is "in deed"

Deed \Deed\, n. [AS. d[=ae]d; akin to OS. d[=a]d, D. & Dan. daad, G. that, Sw. d[*a]d, Goth. d[=e]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.