Definition of Grantor

1. Noun. A person who makes a grant in legal form. "Conveyed from grantor to grantee"

Specialized synonyms: Alienor
Generic synonyms: Granter
Derivative terms: Grant

Definition of Grantor

1. n. The person by whom a grant or conveyance is made.

Definition of Grantor

1. Noun. (legal) A person who grants something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grantor

1. granter [n -S] - See also: granter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grantor

grant-back
grant-forward
grant-in-aid
grantable
granted
grantee
grantees
granter
granters
grantest
granteth
granthi
granting
granting immunity
grantmaking
grantor (current term)
grantor trust
grantors
grantour
grants
grantsite
grantsman
grantsmanship
grantsmanships
grantsmen
granular
granular cast
granular cell tumour
granular component of nucleolus
granular configuration automation

Literary usage of Grantor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"(2) To pay to the said (grantor and her husband) the sum of $75 per month, as long as they or the survivor of them shall live, and at the SE) death of each ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"Anderson, 9 A conveyance will not be vacated as fraudulent unless there le fraud on the part of the grantor, knowledge of it by the grantee and injury to ..."

3. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Or, A Commentary by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1823)
"... do not »ay to the grantor the fortie marks within the first two years, ... the freehold is ana shall be ad'JuM in the grantor, because that the grantor ..."

4. Laws of Business for All the States and Territories of the Union and the by Theophilus Parsons (1909)
"Deed, with Special Warranty against the grantor only. This Indenture, Made this day of in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and between (the ..."

5. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"A "reservation" has been defined to be an interest retained by a grantor out of ... Another definition is : "A clause In a deed whereby the grantor reserves ..."

6. A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence: As Administered in the United States of by John Norton Pomeroy (1905)
"522, 56 NW 1105, 22 LRA 863, it was held that if the grantor sells his ... 793, 46 CCA 647, 54 LRA 262, it was held that a grantor who has disposed of all ..."

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