What is a grantee?

Hermy

In the will calendars the second name mentioned is the grantee and it struck me today looking at a particular entry that I don't actually know what is meant by the grantee. Can anyone tell me more?

pinkypinky

A grantee is someone who is getting something in a will or a deed. The grantor is the giver. So in a lease of land, the grantor is the owner or current holder of a piece of land, and they "grant" use of said land to A N OTHER.

Hermy

Thanks Pinky.

I thought it was something like that but wondered if there was more to it.

KildareFan

I always assumed it was the person to whom probate in the will was granted.

tabbey

KildareFan wrote: »

I always assumed it was the person to whom probate in the will was granted.

Kildare fan is entirely correct in regard to the Will and Administration calendars, they always say "Probate / Administration was granted at Dublin / Armagh or wherever to X, Y or whoever.

It is quite possible that the person granted probate, may not be a beneficiary.

pedroeibar1

Actually none of the above info is incorrect.

In general the grantee is the party who receives title to real property (can also be called the beneficiary, buyer, recipient, donee, devisee) from the seller/transferor (grantor) by a document called a grant deed or quit claim deed. The word can be specific to a particular transfer action – e.g. Hermy’s OP was very specific, wills calendar; the executor/executrix will apply to take out a grant of probate, so when that is granted the recipient becomes the ‘grantee’.

When a person inherits they generally are a ‘beneficiary’. Different words are specific to what is being transferred and how. A gift of real property by the last will and testament of the donor can also be a ‘devise’ so the recipient can be described as a devisee. (e.g. “I will, devise and bequeath …..” )

Peregrinus

pedroeibar1 wrote: »

Actually none of the above info is incorrect.

In general the grantee is the party who receives title to real property (can also be called the beneficiary, buyer, recipient, donee, devisee) from the seller/transferor (grantor) by a document called a grant deed or quit claim deed. The word can be specific to a particular transfer action – e.g. Hermy’s OP was very specific, wills calendar; the executor/executrix will apply to take out a grant of probate, so when that is granted the recipient becomes the ‘grantee’.

Is that not what KildareFan said?

In any event, I agree with both of you. In a wills calendar the "grantees" are the people to whom probate has been granted. They will usually, but not always, be people who expect to benefit from the estate, but you won't know that from the wills calendar.