QUITCLAIM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quitclaim mean? 

• QUITCLAIM (noun)
  The noun QUITCLAIM has 2 senses:

1. document transferring title or right or claim to another

2. act of transferring a title or right or claim to another

  Familiarity information: QUITCLAIM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUITCLAIM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Document transferring title or right or claim to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

quitclaim; quitclaim deed

Hypernyms ("quitclaim" is a kind of...):

conveyance (document effecting a property transfer)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Act of transferring a title or right or claim to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("quitclaim" is a kind of...):

transfer; transference (transferring ownership)