手てに渡わたる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

fall into someone's hands; pass into another's possession

Used when something (often an object, document, or property) changes ownership or control, often with a nuance of being transferred to someone else's hands, sometimes implying a loss of control or a change of possession.

• その土と地ちは彼かれの手てに渡わたった。

  The land passed into his hands.

• 重じゅう要ような書しょ類るいが敵てきの手てに渡わたるのを防ふせがなければならない。

  We must prevent the important documents from falling into enemy hands.