quitrent
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of quitrent
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; quit 1, rent 1
Example Sentences
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Those who brought in new settlers got headrights of land and could purchase more, but owed an annual quitrent in return.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
They granted headrights to settlers and sold much larger tracts of land to developers and speculators, subject to an annual quitrent.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
Well-connected settlers could receive even larger grants, or purchase land for low prices and an annual fee, or quitrent.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
Still other problems concerning land patents related to two important conditions stipulated for perfection of the title to land—the first, "seating and planting," and the second, the collection of a quitrent.
From Mother Earth Land Grants in Virginia 1607-1699 by Robinson, Walter Stitt
Mountgomery, as Margrave, was to render to the Lords of Carolina an annual quitrent and one-fourth part of all gold and silver found in Azilia.
From Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings by Johnston, Mary
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