of the grantor and witnesses are primary.
* It must be delivered to (delivery) and, in some jurisdictions, accepted by the grantee (acceptance).

Under the law of England and Wales, a deed may be delivered or otherwise handled in one of three ways:
*it may be delivered as an unconditional deed,
*it may be delivered as a deed in escrow, or
*it may be handed to an agent who has instructions to deal with it in a certain manner.