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 administrator.