A secure container or safe where important documents, property deeds, and legal papers are stored for safekeeping.
Compound word from 'deed' (a legal document) plus 'box' (a container). This term appears in English from at least the 18th century when people stored valuable documents in locked boxes and safes.
Many families historically kept a 'deedbox' at the bank or lawyer's office—a single locked box containing everything proving you owned your house, your investments, even your will; losing it was catastrophic.
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