QUITCLAIM
quitclaim
(noun) act of transferring a title or right or claim to another
quitclaim, quitclaim deed
(noun) document transferring title or right or claim to another
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
quitclaim (third-person singular simple present quitclaims, present participle quitclaiming, simple past and past participle quitclaimed)
(transitive) To relinquish or release (a claim, title etc.); to transfer (an interest in property). [from 14th c.]
Noun
quitclaim (plural quitclaims)
A renunciation of claims.
A deed that is a renunciation of claims to a parcel of real property and a transfer of one's claims to another.
Source: Wiktionary
Quit"claim`, n. Etym: [Quit, a. + claim.] (Law)
Definition: A release or relinquishment of a claim; a deed of release; an
instrument by which some right, title, interest, or claim, which one
person has, or is supposed to have, in or to an estate held by
himself or another, is released or relinquished, the grantor
generally covenanting only against persons who claim under himself.
Quit"claim`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quitclaimed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Quitclaiming.] (Law)
Definition: To release or relinquish a claim to; to release a claim to by
deed, without covenants of warranty against adverse and paramount
titles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition