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QUIET, v Definition & Legal Meaning

Definition & Citations:

To pacify; to render secure or unassailable by the removal of disquieting causes or disputes. This is the meaning of tbe word in the phrase “action to quiet title.” which is a proceeding to establish the plaintiff’s title to land by bringing into court an adverse claimant and there compelling QUIET 982

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