different between acknowledged vs quitclaim

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

acknowledged (comparative more acknowledged, superlative most acknowledged)

1. Generally accepted, recognized or admitted.

Antonyms

• unacknowledged

Translations

Verb

acknowledged

1. simple past tense and past participle of acknowledg
2. simple past tense and past participle of acknowledge

English

Etymology

From Middle English quiteclaymen, from Anglo-Norman quiteclamer, from clamer quite (“to claim quit”). Compare claim quit.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kw?tkle?m/

Verb

quitclaim (third-person singular simple present quitclaims, present participle quitclaiming, simple past and past participle quitclaimed)

1. (transitive) To relinquish or release (a claim, title etc.); to transfer (an interest in property). [from 14th c.]
   • 1991, JD Gordon, "How Not to Succeed in Law School", Yale Law Journal, April

     I hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, release, convey, transfer, and quitclaim all my right, title, interest, benefit, and use whatever in, of, and concerning this chattel, otherwise known as an orange, or citrus orantium, together with all the appurtenances thereto of skin, pulp, pip, rind, seeds, and juice for his own use and behoof, to himself and his heirs in fee simple forever, free from all liens, encumbrances, easements, limitations, restraints, or conditions whatsoever, any and all prior deeds, transfers or other documents whatsoever.

   • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 86:

     It introduced a bill into the legislature that allowed the king to quitclaim all of Ruth's lands in return for Spreckels gaining title to 24,000 crucial acres at Wailuku, near Spreckelsville.

Noun

quitclaim (plural quitclaims)

1. A renunciation of claims.
2. A deed that is a renunciation of claims to a parcel of real property and a transfer of one's claims to another.

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See also

• quitclaim on Wikipedia.Wikipedia