a formal renunciation of any claim against a person or of a right to land
verb
2. (transitive)
a.
to renounce (a claim) formally
b.
to declare (a person) free from liability
Word origin
C14: from Anglo-French quiteclame, from quitequit + clamer to declare (from Latin clamāre to shout)
quitclaim in American English
(ˈkwɪtˌkleɪm)
noun
1.
the release or relinquishment of a claim, action, right, or title
2.
a deed or other legal paper in which a person relinquishes to another a claim or title to some property or rightwithout guaranteeing or warranting such title
: in full quitclaim deed
verb transitive
3.
to give up a claim or title to, esp. by a quitclaim deed
Word origin
ME quite clamen < Anglo-Fr & OFr quiteclamer: see quit & claim
Examples of 'quitclaim' in a sentence
quitclaim
For a good price, and nothing more about signing a quitclaim to my life.