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Definition :

Quietus, freed or acquitted; discharged of all further liability; see, e.g., Ex parte Pullman, (1890) 45 Ch D 466. A word made use of in the Exchequer in the discharge given to accountants to the Crown, e.g., a sheriff. As to the registration of a quietus, see 2 Vict. c. 11, s. 9; Obs. in England. As to entry of an acknowledgment by satisfaction or discharge of a writ or order registered at the Land Registry. [see Land Charges Act, 1925, s. 6 (6)]