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QUIT CLAIM

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(A) 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 pretense of claim, and as by the laws of that state the delivery of the deed amounts to the delivery of possession, this operates as a conveyance without warranty. It is, however, essential that the land … [Read more...]

QUIETUS REDDITUS

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In old English law. Quitrent Spelman. See QUITRENT. Qnilibet potest rennneiare juri pre se introdneto. Every one may renounce or relinquish a right introduced for his own benefit 2 Inst 183; Wing. Max. p. 483, max. 123; 4 Bl. Comm. 317. … [Read more...]

QUILLE

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In French marine law. Keel; the keel of a vessel. Ord. Mar. liv. 3, tit 6, art 8. … [Read more...]

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