Which form of deed is used to transfer the legal title of Bam's grandmother's house to Bam after Bam's grandmother left the house to him in her Will?

• A. Conveyance
• B. Deed Poll
• C. Transfer
• D. Assent

Answer: (D)

When land is left to someone in a will, the personal representatives (the executors) hold the legal title until they transfer it to the beneficiary. The mechanism for that transfer is a deed of assent, which records the executors’ assent to vest the legal title in the legatee. The beneficiary’s ownership in equity is created by the will, and the deed of assent completes the transfer of the legal title to them. So, Bam would receive the legal title to the house by executing a deed of assent.

Conveyance is a general term for transferring land between living people, but in this death-based transfer the specific instrument used is a deed of assent. A deed poll is a unilateral deed by one party and isn’t the standard form for transferring property from an estate. A transfer is a broad term and doesn’t name the particular instrument used in wills; the precise form here is the deed of assent.