[kwit-kleym] 
| 1. | a transfer of all one's interest, as in a parcel of real estate, esp. without a warranty of title. |
| 2. | to quit or give up claim to (a possession, right, etc.). |
| quit·claim (kwĭt'klām') n. The transfer of a title, right, or claim to another. tr.v. quit·claimed, quit·claim·ing, quit·claims To renounce all claim to (a possession or right). [Middle English quitclaime, from Anglo-Norman quiteclame, from quiteclamer, to release : quite, free; see quite + clamer, to proclaim (from Latin clāmāre; see claim).] |
