quitrent

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quitrent - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Quitrent \Quit"rent`\ (kw[i^]t"r[e^]nt`), n. [Quit, a. + rent.]
     (Law)
     A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which
     the tenant is quit from other service. --Blackstone.
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     Note: In some of the United States a fee-farm rent is so
           termed. --Burrill.
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