Quitrent

A rent paid by the tenant of the freehold, by which he goes quit and free, — ^that is, discharged from any other rent.

2 Bl. Comm. 42.

In England, quit rents were rents reserved to the king or a proprietor, on an absolute grant of waste land, for which a price in gross was at first paid, and a mere nominal rent reserved as a feudal acknowledgment of tenure. Inasmuch as no rent 'of this description can exist in the United States, when a quit rent is spoken of, some other interest must be intended.

5 Call (Va.) 364.

A perpetual rent reserved on a conveyance in fee simple is sometimes known by the name of "quit rent" in Massachusetts. See "Ground Rent;" "Rent."