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Definition: Quitclaim |
QuitclaimNoun1. Document transferring title or right or claim to another. 2. Act of transferring a title or right or claim to another. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "quitclaim" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | A. A release of a claim; a deed of release; specif., a legal instrument by which some right, title, interest, or claim by one person in or to an estate held by himself or another is released to another, and which is sometimes used as a simple but effective conveyance for making a grant of lands whether by way of release or as an original conveyance b. In the United States, a document in which a mining company sells itssurface rights but retains its mineral rights. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: QuitclaimSynonym: quitclaim deed (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Exemption | Exempt, release, acquit, discharge, quitclaim, remise, remit; free, set at liberty, let off, pass over, spare, excuse, dispense with, give dispensation, license; stretch a point; absolve; (forgive); exonerate; (exculpate); save the necessity. |
Relinquishment | Quit one's hold, quitclaim. |
Noun: relinquishment, abandonment; (of a course); renunciation, expropriation, dereliction; cession, surrender, dispensation; quitclaim deed; resignation; riddance. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Quitclaim |
| English words defined with "quitclaim": Quitclaimed, Quitclaiming. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "quitclaim": quiet title action. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expression using "quitclaim": quitclaim deed. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
quitclaim deed | 175 | deed divorce quitclaim | 4 |
quitclaim | 56 | simple quitclaim deed | 3 |
quitclaim deed form | 16 | florida quitclaim deed | 3 |
free quitclaim deed form | 15 | colorado quitclaim deed | 3 |
quitclaim deeds | 12 | deed quitclaim undo | 3 |
deed free quitclaim | 11 | deeds florida quitclaim state | 3 |
california quitclaim deed | 9 | deeds free quitclaim | 3 |
quitclaim form | 8 | california deed form quitclaim | 2 |
form free quitclaim | 5 | deed quitclaim revoke | 2 |
texas quitclaim deed | 5 | legal quitclaim deed | 2 |
deed quitclaim sample | 5 | deed form quitclaim texas | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "quitclaim"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | heqje dore nga kërkesa, heq dorë më kërkesa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | отказ от право. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | dokument hvorved overdragerens rettighed(er)over en ejendom overføres uden at der dog derved gives nogen garanti vedrørende rettigheden/erne (quit claim deed, quitclaim deed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | afstand doen van (abandon, abdicate, give up, renounce, resign). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | luopumiskirja (quit claim deed, quitclaim deed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Verzichtserklärung (quit claim deed, quitclaim deed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έγγραφο παραιτήσεωσ, εξοφλητικό. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ingatlanátruházás, átruház (assign, confer, convey, depute, devolve, hand over, to alien, to alienate, to assign, to consign, to demise, to devolve, to make over, to release, to transfer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rinuncia (abdication, renunciation, waiver, withdrawal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | itclaimquay renúncia (abjuration, cession, departure, disclaimer, disclamation, divestiture, recession, renounce, renouncement, renunciation, resignation, self-abnegation, self-devotion, waiver), desistência (departure, flinch, nonsuit, renunciation, waiver), abandono (dereliction, desertion, helplessness, lurch, neglect, renouncement, renunciation, resignation, waiver). (various references) отказаться от права, отказ от права (disclaimer, waiver). (various references) odustati od (waive), odustajanje (agive up, backtrack, release, renouncement, waiver, withdrawal). (various references) renunciar (abjure, back out, disclaim, pass up, renounce, resign, revoke, throw off, throw up, trade off), renuncia (abdication, abjuration, abnegation, disclaimer, notice, relinquishment, renounce, renouncement, renunciation, resignation, surrender, waiver). (various references) avsäga sig sina rättigheter. (various references) talebinden vazgeçme, dava hakkından vazgeçme. (various references) відмова від права, відмовлятися від права. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "quitclaim": quitclaimed, quitclaiming, quitclaims. (additional references) | |
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"Quitclaim" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: quietclaim. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-i-l-m-q-t-u" | |
-3 letters: acquit, cilium, italic, talcum, ultima. | |
-4 letters: amici, aulic, cilia, claim, culti, iliac, ilium, licit, limit, litai, malic, maqui, miaul, milia, mulct, quail, qualm, quilt, tical, umiac, umiaq. | |
-5 letters: alit, alum, calm, caul, clam, clit, culm, cult, ilia, laic, lati, lima, litu, mail, malt, maul, maut, mica, milt, quai, quit, tail, talc, tali. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-i-l-m-q-t-u" | |
+1 letter: quitclaims. | |
+2 letters: quitclaimed. | |
+3 letters: quitclaiming. | |
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