When is the foregoing acknowledgment sufficient? In case of a single person.

Suppose the execution is made by husband and wife?

It is necessary that husband and wife join in the acknowledgment, usually in the following form:

to me known

to be the same persons described in and who executed the within instrument, who severally acknowledged that they executed the same; and the said on a private examination by me, apart from her said husband, acknowledged that she executed the same freely, and without any fear or compulsion of her said husband.

J. S. BAKER, J. P.

What is the form of a warranty deed?

THIS INDENTURE, made this

day of

, in the year of our Lord one thousand

eight hundred and

between of the first part, and

of the second

part,

WITNESSETH, That the said party of the first part, in consideration of the sum of

to

duly paid, ha sold, and by these presents do grant and convey to the said party of the second part, heirs and assigns,

all that tract or parcel of lands situate in the

of

(Here describe the premises), with the appurtenances, and all the estate, title, and interest said party of the first part.

therein, of the

And the said

do hereby

with the said

heirs and

covenant and agree to and party of the second part, assigns, that the premises thus conveyed in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said party of the second part,

and assigns,

heirs

will forever warrant

or any part

of the first

and defend against any person whomsoever, lawfully claiming the same,

thereof.

In witness whereof, the part

part ha

hereunto set

hand

and

seal, the day and year first above written.

F. A. LYMAN. [L. S.]

Sealed and delivered in

presence of

Give the form for a warranty deed, full covenant. THIS INDENTURE, made this

day of

WITNESSETH, That the said party of the first part, in consideration of the sum of

grant

ha sold, and by these presents do

and convey to the said party of the second

part,

heirs and assigns, all that tract

or parcel of land situate in the

of

(Here describe the premises), with the appurtenances, and all the estate, title, and interest therein of the said party of the first part. And the said

do

hereby covenant and agree to and with the said party of the second part,

heirs and assigns, that at the time of the en

sealing and delivery of these presents, the lawful owner, and

well-seized of

the premises above conveyed, free and clear from all incumbrance

and that the premises thus conveyed in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said party of the second part, heirs and

assigns, will forever warrant and defend against any person whomsoever, lawfully claiming the same or any part thereof. In witness whereof, the part of the first part ha hereunto set hand

and seal the day and year first above written.

ISAAC BRADLEY. [L. S.]

Is any thing more necessary in the last two given forms?

They should be acknowledged, as in the first form; and all deeds and most gages should be recorded in the Clerk's Office of the County in which the premises are situated.

SECTION III.

MORTGAGES.

What is a mortgage?

A dead pledge-a conditional deed, which becomes invalid upon the payment of the sum secured by it.

Must it be signed, sealed, acknowledged, and delivered?

It must, the same as a deed.

WITNESSETHI, That the said party of the first part, in consideration of the sum of

dollars