quitrent

quitrent is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit from other service. Blackstone. Note: In some of the United States a fee-farm rent is so termed. Burrill.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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