[f. CONVEYANCE sb.: see -ER1 1.]
1. That which conveys or accomplishes the conveyance of anything. (In quot. 1791 said of a person.)
1623. Bp. Hall, Serm., Wks. 1837, V. 165. The moon … the receptacle of all the influences of the heavenly bodies, and the conveyancer of them to this inferior world.
1668. Howe, Bless. Righteous, Wks. (1834), 248 b. The vehicula, the conveyancers of the divine nature.
1791. Mad. D’Arblay, Diary, 7 July. Her Majesty made me also the happy conveyancer of various presents to them both.
1794. G. Adams, Nat. & Exp. Philos., II. xxi. 387. Nature is nothing more than a conveyancer … conducting activity from one substance to another.
2. A lawyer who prepares documents for the conveyance of property, and investigates titles to property.
1650. E. Hendon, etc. (title), The Perfect Conveyancer; or Select Precedents.
1712. Steele, Spect., No. 272. ¶ 1. I have a young Kinsman who is Clerk to a great Conveyancer.
1723. Steele, Consc. Lovers, II. i. The mother has actually sent for the conveyancer to draw articles for his marriage with Lucinda.
1833. Macaulay, Ess., Walpole’s Lett. (1854), I. 264/2. He … tasked the ingenuity of conveyancers to tie up his villa in the strictest settlement.
1878. Black, Green Past., xiii. 101. Who is also … a notary public, a conveyancer and real estate agent.
1891. Law List, 291. [List of] … Conveyancers not at the Bar.
† 3. A dexterous thief. Obs.
1753. Smollett, Cnt. Fathom (1813), I. 99. He had therefore concerted his measures with the dexterity of an experienced conveyancer.
