All 7 Uses

deed
in
Where the Crawdads Sing
(Edited)

Now, you boys gotta do a good deed, make up fer this.
p. 18.8

deed = notable achievement
Over the years, searching for clues of Ma's whereabouts, she'd read every scrap of paper in the shack and had never seen anything like a deed.
p. 219.3

deed = legal document indicating ownership of property
The clerk checked the reference number and searched for the deed in an old wooden filing cabinet.
p. 219.7
In fact, ma'am, the way the law reads, whoever comes along and pays off them back taxes owns the land even if they don't got no deed.
p. 220.1 *
Kya walked out of the courthouse with a full deed in her name for three hundred ten acres of lush lagoons, sparkling marsh, oak forests, and a long private beach on the North Carolina coastline.
p. 220.6
Never underrate the heart,
Capable of deeds
The mind cannot conceive.
The heart dictates as well as feels.
p. 312.9 *

deeds = notable achievements
Tucked in the bottom was the deed for the property, which Kya had put in a conservation easement, protecting it from development.
p. 366.1

deed = legal document indicating ownership of property

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
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)