Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
QUITCLAIMS
Verb
quitclaims
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quitclaim
Source: Wiktionary
QUITCLAIM
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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