Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The transfer of a title or deed to another, without warranty as to the extent of ownership on the part of the seller.
- transitive verb To transfer (one's interest in property) without warranty as to the extent of ownership on the part of the seller.
- adjective Of or relating to such a title, deed, or transfer without warranty.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law; A deed of release; an instrument by which some claim, right, or title to an estate is relinquished to another.
- noun A conveyance without any covenant or warranty, expressed or implied.
- To quit or give up claim to; relinquish; release; acquit, as of an obligation.
- In law, to quit or abandon a claim or title to by deed; convey without covenants of warranty against adverse titles or claims: as, to
quitclaim a certain parcel of ground.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Law) 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.
- transitive verb (Law) To release or relinquish a claim to; to release a claim to by deed, without covenants of warranty against adverse and paramount titles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To relinquish, release, or transfer a title, claim, or interest to another.
- noun A
renunciation of claims. - noun A
deed that is a renunciation of claims to aparcel of real property and a transfer of one's claims to another; a quitclaim deed.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun act of transferring a title or right or claim to another
- noun document transferring title or right or claim to another
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Then again, she did decide to use a quitclaim deed to transfer ownership out of her name -- probably with the idea that she was protecting the house in case she needed to go on Medicaid.
Illness doesn't mean relatives can rush to lay claim on house and avoid Medicaid Ilyce R. Glink 2010
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Depending on your conversation with your mother-in-law, another option is to quitclaim the property back to her.
Illness doesn't mean relatives can rush to lay claim on house and avoid Medicaid Ilyce R. Glink 2010
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You, in turn, could issue a quitclaim deed transferring any interest you could be considered to have in the land back to the person who gave it to you.
Getting rid of a timeshare, even paid in full, is no easy task 2011
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Finally, the document should probably state that the effective date of the quitclaim deed is the original gift date to you.
Getting rid of a timeshare, even paid in full, is no easy task 2011
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If the person who gave you the land is unwilling to cooperate, you might be able to issue your own quitclaim deed back to the original owner and record that document with the property governmental agency.
Getting rid of a timeshare, even paid in full, is no easy task 2011
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However, you might want to note on the quitclaim deed the circumstances of the original gift and state that by using the quitclaim deed you reject the gift given to you.
Getting rid of a timeshare, even paid in full, is no easy task 2011
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However, you might want to note on the quitclaim deed the circumstances of the original gift and state that by using the quitclaim deed you reject the gift given to you.
Getting rid of a timeshare, even paid in full, is no easy task 2011
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If the person who gave you the land is unwilling to cooperate, you might be able to issue your own quitclaim deed back to the original owner and record that document with the property governmental agency.
Getting rid of a timeshare, even paid in full, is no easy task 2011
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You, in turn, could issue a quitclaim deed transferring any interest you could be considered to have in the land back to the person who gave it to you.
Getting rid of a timeshare, even paid in full, is no easy task 2011
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Finally, the document should probably state that the effective date of the quitclaim deed is the original gift date to you.
Getting rid of a timeshare, even paid in full, is no easy task 2011
yarb commented on the word quitclaim
He wished his own quitclaim to the whole tyranny...
- Malcolm Lowry, October Ferry to Gabriola
July 30, 2008
mollusque commented on the word quitclaim
They gave him a grand for a quitclaim just to save time and expense, and now somebody is going to make a million bucks clear, out of cutting the place up for residential property.
Raymond Chandler, 1953, The Long Goodbye, chapter 25
September 5, 2009