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Quitclaim

Definition: Quitclaim

Quitclaim

Noun

1. 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)


Specialty Definition: Quitclaim

DomainDefinition

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.

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Synonym: Quitclaim

Synonym: quitclaim deed (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Quitclaim

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Quitclaim

English words defined with "quitclaim": Quitclaimed, Quitclaiming. (references)
Specialty definitions using "quitclaim": quiet title action. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Quitclaim

DomainTitle

Books

  • Colorado Quitclaim and Warranty Deeds Kit (Bradford Legal Series) (reference)

  • The Quitclaim (reference)

  • Understanding Colorado Quitclaim and Warranty Deeds (Bradford Guides Legal Series) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: Quitclaim

Expression using "quitclaim": quitclaim deed. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Quitclaim

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
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per Day

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175

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4

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56

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3

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16

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3

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15

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3

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12

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3

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11

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3

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9

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3

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8

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2

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5

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2

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5

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2

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5

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2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Quitclaim

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

   

Portuguese

  

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)

   

Russian 

  

отказаться от права, отказ от права (disclaimer, waiver). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

odustati od (waive), odustajanje (agive up, backtrack, release, renouncement, waiver, withdrawal). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

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)

   

Swedish

  

avsäga sig sina rättigheter. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

talebinden vazgeçme, dava hakkından vazgeçme. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

відмова від права, відмовлятися від права. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Quitclaim

Derivations

Words beginning with "quitclaim": quitclaimed, quitclaiming, quitclaims. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Quitclaim" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: quietclaim. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Quitclaim

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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