grantor

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To swap assets, a trust must be an irrevocable grantor trust.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

A separate bill introduced also last week by Wyden and Sen. Angus King, an Independent from Maine, would limit the tax advantages of grantor retained annuity trusts, or GRATs.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

The upside is that they are flexible estate-planning tools created during a person’s lifetime and can be altered or terminated by the grantor at any time.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

Spot Ethereum ETFs will directly hold Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency after Bitcoin, allowing investors to own a share of the cryptocurrency through grantor trusts.

From Salon • Sep. 28, 2024

The Testator was the grantor; the five witnesses and the libripens were present; and the place of grantee was taken by a person known technically as the familiæ emptor, the Purchaser of the Family.

From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Maine, Henry Sumner, Sir