grant

To bestow; to confer upon some one other than the person or entity which makes the grant. Porto Rico Ry., Light & Power Co. v. Colom, C.C.A.Puerto Rico, 106 F.2d 345, 354.

To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, a gift or bestowal by one having control or authority over it, as of land or money. Palmer v. U. S. Civil Service Commission, D.C.I11., 191 F.Supp. 495, 537.

A conveyance; i.e. transfer of title by deed or other instrument. Dearing v. Brush Creek Coal Co., 182 Tenn. 302, 186 S.W.2d 329, 331.

Transfer of property real or personal by deed or writing. Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Plestcheeff, C.C.A.9, 100 F.2d 62, 64, 65.

A generic term applicable to all transfers of real property, including transfers by operation of law as well as voluntary transfers. White v. Rosenthal, 140 Cal. App. 184, 35 P.2d 154, 155.

A technical term made use of in deeds of conveyance of lands to import a transfer. A deed for an incorporeal interest such as a reversion. As distinguished from a mere license, a grant passes some estate or interest, corporeal or incorporeal, in the lands which it embraces. To give or permit as a right or privilege; e.g. grant of route authority to a public carrier. By the word "grant," in a treaty, is meant not only a formal grant, but any concession, warrant, order, or permission to survey, possess, or settle, whether written or parol, express, or presumed from possession. Such a grant may be made by law, as well as by a patent pursuant to a law. Bryan v. Kennett, 113 U.S. 179, 5 S.Ct. 407, 28 L.Ed. 908.

In England, an act evidenced by letters patent under the great seal, granting something from the king to a subject.

See also land grant.

- office grant (office)

@ private land grant

A grant by a public authority vesting title to public land in a private (natural) person.

@ public grant

A grant from the public; a grant of a power, license, privilege, or property, from the state or government to one or more individuals, contained in or shown by a record, conveyance, patent, charter, etc

@ grant and to freight let

Operative words in a charter party, implying the placing of the vessel at the disposition of the charterer for the purposes of the intended voyage, and generally, transferring the possession

@ grant, bargain, and sell

Operative words in conveyances of real estate

@ grantee

One to whom a grant is made

@ grant-in-aid

Sum of money given by a governmental agency to a person or institution for a specific purpose such as education or research

@ granting clause

That portion of a deed or instrument of conveyance which contains the words of transfer of a present interest. New Home Building Supply Co. v. Nations, 259 N.C. 681, 131 S.E.2d 425.

For example, the clause in an oil and gas lease that spells out what rights are given by the lessor to the lessee. Typically, an oil and gas lease granting clause will specify kinds of uses permitted and substances covered by the lease

@ grant of patent

Written transfer of rights to an invention or of a right to use or sell the thing patented.

See also license

- patent

@ grant of personal property

A method of transferring personal property, distinguished from a gift by being always founded on some consideration or equivalent. Its proper legal designation is an "assignment," or "bargain and sale."

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- grantor