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(kwĭt'klām') pronunciation Law.
n.
The transfer of a title, right, or claim to another.

tr.v., -claimed, -claim·ing, -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).]


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noun

    A giving up of a possession, claim, or right: abandonment, abdication, demission, relinquishment, renunciation, resignation, surrender, waiver. See keep/release.

verb

    To give up a possession, claim, or right: abandon, abdicate, cede, demit, forswear, hand over, relinquish, render, renounce, resign, surrender, waive, yield. See keep/release.

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Quitclaim

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - afkald
v. tr. - give afkald

Français (French)
n. - (Jur) renonciation
v. tr. - (Jur) renoncer à (un droit), déclarer (qn) libre de toute responsabilité

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Rechtsw.) Verzicht
v. - (Rechtsw.) Verzicht leisten auf, einen Anspruch aufgeben

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (νομ.) αποποίηση δικαιώματος
v. - (νομ.) αποποιούμαι δικαίωμα

Español (Spanish)
n. - renuncia, quitación
v. tr. - renunciar, ceder

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - avstående fr anspråk

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
放弃权利, 放弃合法权利

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 放棄權利
v. tr. - 放棄合法權利

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 권리 포기, 권리 포기서
v. tr. - 권리를 포기하다

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المخالصه من دعوى شرعيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮העברת חלקת-אדמה ללא כתב-תביעת-בעלות‬
v. tr. - ‮ויתר על תביעת-בעלות‬


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