Perhaps his uncle Cato means more to him than an old deed.

Like a will or an old deed.

With an unregistered title don't stick slavishly to the description in old deeds.

The officials scoffed at the old deeds, the farmers remember, as worthless.

You must come across curious old deeds or know of some interesting surviving customs.

The clock cannot be turned back, even for those who still have old deeds.

But they continue to prosper through the same old dirty deeds.

Also sometimes seen in older deeds and contracts as a more traditional way of incorporating terms of reference.

All title information is kept on Land Registry's database, reducing the need to store old and often unclear deeds.

In the late 12th century, with the record of the old deeds, there was an attempt to reorganize the administration (Lorsch codex).