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Term Definition Quitclaim - to release or relinquish legal claim, or a document relinquishing claim, as in a quitclaim to the deed to the marital house.
Application in Divorce One way to remember the scope of a quitclaim is to know the largest quitclaim interest in one-third the land area of what became the lower forty-eight states.

In some states, it is a encumbered the property.

This class of spouse to another as part of settlement.

By comparison, a marital home of a divorcing couple on the open market would expect a warranty deed.