Daily AncestorConsideration
Consideration in a deed is the payment or value given in exchange for the land, such as the sum of 500 dollars.
Consideration is the value one party gives to make a contract binding. In deeds it is usually the stated price: for and in consideration of the sum of five hundred dollars.
A token sum such as one dollar often points to a gift or a family arrangement rather than a market sale. Natural love and affection as the consideration marks the deed as a gift, usually to a child or other relative.
As seen in a recordDeed recorded in a county deed book, 1800s
For and in consideration of the natural love and affection which I bear unto my son Daniel.
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