All 8 Uses of

deed
in
David Copperfield

Mr. Micawber's affairs, although past their crisis, were very much involved by reason of a certain 'Deed', of which I used to hear a great deal, and which I suppose, now, to have been some former composition with his creditors, though I was so far from being clear about it then, that I am conscious of having confounded it with those demoniacal parchments which are held to have, once upon a time, obtained to a great extent in Germany.†
Chpt 10-12

deed = notable achievement

There was nothing particularly choice there, to be sure; but I took the will for the deed, and felt that they were very attentive.†
Chpt 16-18

The repetition to any ears — even to Steerforth's — of what she had been unable to repress when her heart lay open to me by an accident, I felt would be a rough deed, unworthy of myself, unworthy of the light of our pure childhood, which I always saw encircling her head.†
Chpt 22-24

After a single combat of some duration they returned, and I saw, to my joy, both in Mrs. Crupp's countenance and in my aunt's, that the deed was done.†
Chpt 22-24

If any good should come of me, I might begin to hope; for nothing but harm has ever come of my deeds yet.†
Chpt 46-48 *

deeds = notable achievements

First, the deed of relinquishment, that we have heard of, must be given over to me now — here.'†
Chpt 52-54

deed = notable achievement

But, Mrs. Heep gave him little trouble; for she not only returned with the deed, but with the box in which it was, where we found a banker's book and some other papers that were afterwards serviceable.†
Chpt 52-54

Definitions:

(1) (deed as in: signed the deed)
a legal document indicating ownership of property

This is often in reference to a trust deed which transfers legal title of property to a trustee. Frequently, the trustee is a bank and title is entrusted to the bank until a loan is paid off.
(2) (deed as in: did a good deed)
a notable act