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signed, sealed, and delivered

signed, sealed, and delivered adjective: completed, particularly with respect to the conveyance of something.

Adjective

signed, sealed, and delivered (not comparable)

  1. Completed, particularly with respect to the conveyance of something.
    • The deal had been in the offing for a while—I really had no bearing on it—but it was signed, sealed, and delivered that week.2009, Jesse Ventura, Don't Start the Revolution Without Me!, page 105
    • Instead, here she was, a woman who had only been cheated on in the past, abandoned by her father, and for that, her heart was signed, sealed, and delivered to only her.2011, Sanya Hudson-Payne, A Love I Can Trust, page 70

Origin of signed, sealed, and delivered

From an old English common law rule that property was not conveyed from one party to another until the document memorializing the conveyance had been signed by the conveyor, affixed with his seal, and delivered to the recipient of the property.

Questions about signed, sealed, and delivered

What does signed, sealed, and delivered mean?
Signed, sealed, and delivered means completed, particularly with respect to the conveyance of something.
What part of speech is signed, sealed, and delivered?
Signed, sealed, and delivered is an adjective.

Words near signed, sealed, and delivered in the dictionary

  1. signed one's own death warrant
  2. signed onto
  3. signed out
  4. signed over
  5. signed up
  6. signed, sealed, and delivered
  7. signedness
  8. signedst
  9. signee
  10. signees
  11. signer

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