Until that moment, she had been, many thought, New York City's oldest woman: a title that, of necessity, is often transferred, if rarely as gently.

Or Augustus--he had taken the title Augustus by this time, which means "the great"--he himself said, "I transferred the Republic from my power to the dominion of the Senate and the people of Rome."

Completion date is when title (ownership) is transferred in the Land title Office to the buyer and when the seller receives the sale proceeds.