Quitclaim
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A renunciation of claims.
- 2 act of transferring a title or right or claim to another wordnet
- 3 A deed that is a renunciation of claims to a parcel of real property and a transfer of one's claims to another.
- 4 document transferring title or right or claim to another wordnet
- 1 To relinquish or release (a claim, title, etc.); to transfer (an interest in property). transitive
"1991, JD Gordon, "How Not to Succeed in Law School", Yale Law Journal, April I hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, release, convey, transfer, and quitclaim all my right, title, interest, benefit, and use whatever in, of, and concerning this chattel, otherwise known as an orange, or citrus orantium, together with all the appurtenances thereto of skin, pulp, pip, rind, seeds, and juice for his own use and behoof, to himself and his heirs in fee simple forever, free from all liens, encumbrances, easements, limitations, restraints, or conditions whatsoever, any and all prior deeds, transfers or other documents whatsoever."
Example
More examples"1991, JD Gordon, "How Not to Succeed in Law School", Yale Law Journal, April I hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, release, convey, transfer, and quitclaim all my right, title, interest, benefit, and use whatever in, of, and concerning this chattel, otherwise known as an orange, or citrus orantium, together with all the appurtenances thereto of skin, pulp, pip, rind, seeds, and juice for his own use and behoof, to himself and his heirs in fee simple forever, free from all liens, encumbrances, easements, limitations, restraints, or conditions whatsoever, any and all prior deeds, transfers or other documents whatsoever."
Etymology
From Middle English quiteclaymen, from Anglo-Norman quiteclamer, from clamer quite (“to claim quit”). Compare claim quit.
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