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Quitclaim

A release or relinquishment of a claim; a deed of release; an instrument by which some right, title, interest, or claim, which one person has, or is supposed to have, in or to an estate held by himself or another, is released or relinquished, the grantor generally covenanting only against persons who claim under himself.

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Conveyance 76% connected

The act of conveying, carrying, or transporting; carriage.

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To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one count…

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The act of transferring; conveyance; passage; transfer.

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Presumption noun · 85% connection

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Conveyancing noun · 84% connection

act of transferring property title from one person to another

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Conveying noun · 84% connection

act of transferring property title from one person to another

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Delivery noun · 83% connection

the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another

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the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another

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Abatement of a nuisance noun · 78% connection

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Assumed name noun · 78% connection

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Attestant noun · 78% connection

(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

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Attestator noun · 78% connection

(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

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Cease and desist order noun · 78% connection

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Combination in restraint of trade noun · 78% connection

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Comparative negligence noun · 78% connection

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Abandonment noun · 78% connection

The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as to mill site, etc.

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Assert verb · 78% connection

To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and lib…

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Assignment noun · 78% connection

A transfer of title or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular e…

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Base adjective · 78% connection

Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base,…

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Blank noun · 78% connection

A paper containing the substance of a legal instrument, as a deed, release, writ, or execution, with spaces left to be filled with nam…

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Claim noun · 78% connection

an established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's…

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Defeasance noun · 78% connection

A condition, relating to a deed, which being performed, the deed is defeated or rendered void; or a collateral deed, made at the same…

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Disclaim verb · 78% connection

To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office.

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Disclaimer noun · 78% connection

A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or est…

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Emphyteusis noun · 78% connection

A real right, susceptible of assignment and of descent, charged on productive real estate, the right being coupled with the enjoyment…

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Folkland noun · 78% connection

Land held in villenage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and resumed at his disc…

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Habendum noun · 78% connection

That part of a deed which follows the part called the premises, and determines the extent of the interest or estate granted; -- so cal…

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