quadroon child of a mulatto and white parentage; a child with one black grandparent. quitclaim deed transfer of land or claim without guaranting a clear title. quit rent roll in early Virginia, a list of those who paid the annual fee to the King in exchange for the right to live on and farm property. quod vide directs the reader to look in another part of the book for further information. q.v.(abbreviation) quod vide (see above).