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Quit
To vacate; remove from; surrender possession.
When a tenant leaves premises that he or she has been renting, the tenant is said to quit such premises.
A notice to quit is written notification given by a landlord to a tenant that indicates that the landlord wants to repossess the premises and that the tenant must vacate them at a certain designated time.
West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
quit
v. to leave, used in a written notice to a tenant to leave the premises (notice to quit). (See: notice to quit, unlawful detainer)
Copyright © 1981-2005 by Gerald N. Hill and Kathleen T. Hill. All Right reserved.
quit
1 to free, release, absolve.
2 to give up, renounce, leave.
Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006