Quitclaim Deed
A deed that transfers whatever interest the grantor has in property without any warranties about the quality of title.
Encyclopedia entry: Quitclaim Deed
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quitclaim deed
A document by which a grantor conveys his or her present interest, if any, in a given parcel of [wex:real property] to a grantee without representing, covenanting, or warranting that the title is good.
See, e.g. Spreckels v. Brown, 212 U.S. 208, 210 (1909) .
Compare to [wex:warranty deed]
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