conveyancer
(legal) An attorney who passes transfer of immovable property from one party to another.
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I bought a new build flat. Conveyancer didn't flag that the developers hadn't gotten a building certificate from the council but still let me buy it. Made selling it a nightmare and cost me money. Conveyancing firm ha…
Lordie that's depressing, I think it's one of the reasons I am a conveyancer and not a family lawyer
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(legal) An attorney who passes transfer of immovable property from one party to another.
“I bought a new build flat. Conveyancer didn't flag that the developers hadn't gotten a building certificate from the council but still let me buy it. Made selling it a nightmare and cost me money. Conveyancing firm had gone out of business so nobody to pull up on it”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(UK, slang, obsolete) A pickpocket.
“Lordie that's depressing, I think it's one of the reasons I am a conveyancer and not a family lawyer”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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