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quit claim deed
a document by which a person (the grantor) disclaims any interest the grantor might have in a piece of real property, and passes that claim to another person (the grantee)
quitclaim
To relinquish, release, or transfer a title, claim, or interest to another

...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...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... — Yale Law Journal, April 1991.

quitclaim
A renunciation of claims
quitclaim
A deed that is a renunciation of claims to a parcel of real property and a transfer of one's claims to another; a quitclaim deed
quitclaim
{n} a release of claim by deed
quitclaim
{v} to release a claim to an estate by deed
quitclaim
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
quitclaim
act of transferring a title or right or claim to another
quitclaim
To release or relinquish a claim to; to release a claim to by deed, without covenants of warranty against adverse and paramount titles
quitclaim
{i} renunciation of a claim, act of giving up a legal suit (Law)
quitclaim
act of transferring a title or right or claim to another document transferring title or right or claim to another
quitclaim
{f} abandon a legal claim, give up a suit (Law)
quitclaim
document transferring title or right or claim to another
quit claim
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