Quitclaim

In conveyancing. A form of deed of the nature of a release, containing words of grant as well as release. 2 Washb. Real Prop. 606. The term is in constant and general use in American law to denote a deed substantially the same as a release in English law. It presupposes a previous or precedent conveyance, or a subsisting estate and possession. Thornton, Conv. 44. It is a conveyance at common law, but differs from a release in that it is regarded as an original conveyance in American law, at least in some states. 6 Pick, (Mass.) 499; 14 Pick. (Mass.) 374; 3 Conn. 398; 9 Ohio, 96; 5 111. 117; Rev. St. Me. c. 73, § 14; Code Miss. 1857, p. 309, art. 17. The operative words are "remise, release, and forever quitclaim." Thornton, Conv. 44. Covenants of warranty against incumbrances by the grantor are usually added. QUITE CLAMAUNCE (Law Fr.) Quitclaim. Britt. c. 85.

n. A release or acquittance given to one man by another, in respect of any action that he has or might have against him. Also acquitting or giving up one's claim or title. Termes de 1a Ley; Cowell.

— Quitclaim deed. A deed of conveyance operating by way of release; that is, intended to pass any title, interest, or claim which the grantor may have in the premises, but not professing that such title is valid, nor containing any warranty or covenants for title. See Hoyt v. Ketcham, 54 Conn. 60, 5 Atl. 606; Chew v. Kellar, 171 Mo. 215, 71 S. W. 172; Ely v. Stan-nard, 44 Conn. 528; Martin v. Morris, 62 Wis. 418, 22 N. W. 525 ; Utley v. Fee, 33 Kan. 683, 7 Pac. 555.

v. In conveyancing. To release or relinquish a claim; to execute a deed of quitclaim. See Quitclaim, n.

A deed of release, or discharge without a warranty. Quitreut: v. Assize, Ghief rents. Quivis prsesumitur bonus donee probetur Every one is presumed innocent until the

conveyancing. By the laws of Connecticut, it is the common practice there for the owner of land to execute a quit claim deed to a purchaser who has neither ‘possession nor pretence of claim, and as by the laws of that state the dellivery of the deed amounts to the delivery of possession, this operates as a conveyance without warranty. It is, however, essential that the land should not, at the time of the conveyance, be in the ion of a stranger, holding adversely to the title of the grantor. 1 Swift’s Dig. 133. QUIT-

— CLAIM, contracts. a release or acquittal of a man from all claims which the releasor has inst him.