Quittance
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A discharge or release; abbreviated from "acquittance." QUO ANIMO (Lat. with what intention). The intent; the mind with which a thing has been done; 17 111. 501; as, the quo animo with which the words were spoken may be shown by the proof of conversations of the defendant relating to the original defamation. 19 Wend. (N. Y.) 296.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Discharge; release.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
An abbreviation of "acquittance;" a release, (q. vt)