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hold harmless : of, relating to, or being an agreement between parties in which one assumes the potential liability for injury that may arise from a situation and thus relieves the other of liability [a hold harmless agreement] [a hold harmless clause] compare release ...
harmless
harmless 1 : free from harm, liability, or loss often used in the phrase to hold harmless see also hold harmless 2 : lacking capacity or intent to injure harm·less·ly adv harm·less·ness n ...
Quietare
Quietare, means to acquit, discharge or hold harmless. This term was used in conveyances, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1261.Quietare, to quit, acquit, discharge, or save harmless....
release
release re·leased re·leas·ing 1 a : to relieve or free from obligation, liability, or responsibility [the debtor is released from all dischargeable debts] b : to give up (a claim, title, or right) to the benefit of another person : surrender 2 : to set free from confinement [was released on personal recognizance] n 1 a : discharge from an obligation or responsibility that bars a cause of action [did not effect a of the school for any negligence] b : the giving up or renunciation of a right or claim that bars a cause of action [was a of the remainder of the debt] NOTE: A release may in some situations require consideration in order to be valid. A release of one joint obligor sometimes is considered to release all the obligors. 2 : an act or instrument that effects a release [signed a issued by the insurer] called also release of all claims compare hold harmless 3 : the act or instance of freeing esp. from custody ...
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