Lecture 1 TASNUVA ANIKA

LECTURER
Drafting, Conveyancing and DEPT. OF LAW

Pleadings
Topics
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• Drafting
• Classification of drafting
• Conveyancing
• Pleadings
• Difference between deed,
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 Legal drafting is a structured method of writing
legal documents, whether court pleadings or
employment contracts, that abides by the law and
includes legal language that's appropriate for the
document and the situation in which it will be
used. Those in the field may refer to legal drafting
Drafting in the following contexts:
•Writing legal text in a binding contract.
•Preparing any legal document, such as a legal
letter or court motion.
•Getting involved in a legal transaction, which can
include legal documents but also negotiation,
representation of clients, and more.
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 Click icon to add picture Classification of
Drafting
• Contentious
• Non-Contentious

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Contentious Drafting

• Pleadings and other court procedures:

Pleading is a formal document in which a party to a legal proceeding sets forth or
responds to allegations claims, denials or defences.

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 Non-Contentious Drafting
• General deeds and documents
• Commercial deeds and documents
• Organizational deeds and documents
• Property deeds and documents

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General deeds

Acknowledgement
Adoption
Affidavits
Arbitration
General agreements
Notices
Power of attorney
Security bonds
Vetting/ opinion
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Commercial deeds

• Banking forms
• Commercial agreements
• Hypothecation and pledge
• Negotiable instrument
• Joint venture agreements

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Property deeds

• Gift
• Lease
• License
• Mortgage
• Partition
• Release
• Sale deeds
• Trust deeds
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Deed
• A deed is a writing on a
paper which is signed and
sealed and delivered
whereby an interest, right or
property passes or an
obligation binding on some
person is created.
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Conveyance
• Conveyance connotes a deed
whereby the title to land is
transferred from one person
to another.
• Gift Tax Act 1958: Sc;
2(xxiv)
• Stamp Act 1899 : sc; 2(10)
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instrument
• Sc; 2(14) of Stamp Act 1899
– instrument includes every
document by which any right
or liability is or purports to
be created, transferred,
limited, extended,
extinguished or recorded.
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Click icon to add picture Requirements of a
conveyance
1. Description of the deed
2. Date and partied to the deed
3. Recitals
4. Testatum
5. Testimonium
6. Signature and attestations
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