quit rent

QUIT RENT. A rent paid by the tenant of the freehold, by which he goes quit 
and free; that is, discharged from any other rent. 2 Bl. Com. 42. 
     2. In England, quit rents were rents reserved to the king or a 
proprietor, on an absolute grant of waste land, for which a price in gross 
was at first paid, and a mere nominal rent reserved as a feudal 
acknowledgment of tenure. Inasmuch as no rent of this description can exist 
in the United States, when a quit rent is spoken of, some other interest 
must be intended. 5 Call. R. 364. A perpetual rent reserved on a conveyance 
in fee simple, is sometimes known by the name of quit rent in Massachusetts. 
1 Hill. Ab. 150. See Ground Rent; Rent.