Quitclaim Definition

kwĭtklām
quitclaims
noun
quitclaims
The release or relinquishment of a claim, action, right, or title.
Webster's New World
A deed or other legal paper in which a person relinquishes to another a claim or title to some property or right without guaranteeing or warranting such title.
Webster's New World

A formal renouncement of one’s right to or interest in something. See also deed.

Webster's New World Law

A renunciation of claims.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
quitclaims
To transfer (one's interest in property) without warranty as to the extent of ownership on the part of the seller.
American Heritage
To give up a claim or title to, esp. by a quitclaim deed.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Of or relating to such a title, deed, or transfer without warranty.
American Heritage

Origin of Quitclaim

  • Middle English quitclaime from Anglo-Norman quiteclame from quiteclamer to release quite free quite clamer to proclaim (from Latin clāmāre claim)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • quit +"Ž claim

    From Wiktionary

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