QUITRENT

Etymology

Noun

quitrent (plural quitrents)

A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit (absolved) from other service.

Source: Wiktionary


Quit"rent`, n. Etym: [Quit, a. + rent] (Law)

Definition: A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit from other service. Blackstone.

Note: In some of the United States a fee-farm rent is so termed. Burrill.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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