quitclaim

Meanings

Verb

• To relinquish or release (a claim, title etc.); to transfer (an interest in property).

Noun

• A renunciation of claims.
• A deed that is a renunciation of claims to a parcel of real property and a transfer of one's claims to another.

Origin

• From Middle English quiteclaymen, from Anglo-Norman quiteclamer, from clamer quite. Compare claim quit.