DEED Copy link • DEEDThing done [Vid. ACT, s.] : in very deed, re; revera, reapse; re et veritate (not in words merely) sane; profecto (forms of assurance): not in word, but in deed, non verbis, sed re. Writing containing a contract, syngrapha (Plaut., syngraphus: assigned by both parties); tabulae (also with the genitive of what the deed referred to; e.g., locationis). [Vid: CONTRACT.] To draw up a deed or contract, syngrapham conscribere (after syngraphum conscribere, Plaut., Asin., 4, 1, 1); tabulas conficere (general term).