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



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