(verb) - To leave; remove from; surrender possession of; as when a tenant "quits" the premises or receives a "notice to-quit". Notice to quit. A written notice given by a landlord to his tenant, stating that the former desires to repossess himself of the demised premises, and that the latter is required to quit and remove from the same at a time designated, either at the … [Read more...]

In old English law. Quit; acquitted; discharged. A word used by the clerk of the pipe, and auditors in the exchequer, in their acquittances or discharges given to accountants; usually concluding with an abinde reccssit quietus, (hath gone quit thereof,) which was called a "quietus est." Cowell. In modern law, the word denotes an acquittance or discharge; as of an executor or … [Read more...]

(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...]

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...]

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