different between waiver vs quitclaim

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman weyver, from waiver. Date: 1628.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?we?.v?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?we?.v?/
• Rhymes: -e?v?(?)
• Homophone: waver

Noun

waiver (plural waivers)

1. The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.
2. (law) A legal document removing some requirement, such as waiving a right (giving it up) or a waiver of liability (agreeing to hold someone blameless).

   I had to sign a waiver when I went skydiving, agreeing not to sue even if something went wrong.

3. Something that releases a person from a requirement.

   I needed a waiver from the department head to take the course because I didn't technically have the prerequisite courses.

   I needed a waiver from the zoning board for the house because the lot was so small, but they let me build because it was next to the park.

4. (obsolete) The process of waiving or outlawing a person.

Derived terms

• waivered
• loan waiver

Translations

See also

• waiver on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

waiver (third-person singular simple present waivers, present participle waivering, simple past and past participle waivered)

1. (transitive) To waive (to relinquish, to forego).
   • US Department of Defense, AR 195-3 04/22/1987 Acceptance, Accreditation, and Release of United States Army Criminal Investigation Command Personnel

     The USACIDC Accreditation Division will conduct an annual reconciliation of the individual's academic achievement, through his or her unit commander, until he or she meets the waivered civilian education requirement.

2. Misspelling of waver.

Derived terms

• waiverable

Anagrams

• wavier

Old French

Verb

waiver

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of weyver

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

References

• waiver on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Spanish

Noun

waiver m (plural waivers or waiver)

1. waiver

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.

Translations

See also

• quitclaim on Wikipedia.Wikipedia