grantor

Example Sentences

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You were appointed to this role, I presume, because you have displayed skills and character traits that instilled confidence in the grantor — the person who set up this trust.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026

If your friend sets up a revocable trust, she can be both grantor and trustee during her lifetime, and have the freedom to change the terms.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 3, 2025

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 individual who sets up the trust is known as the grantor while the manager is the trustee, who can be a relative, a family confidant, a law firm, or a finance professional.

From Encyclopedia.com • Mar. 31, 2018

“My knowing that the treasure was on it when purchased, may make me liable to my grantor for an accounting.”

From In Her Own Right by Underwood, Clarence F.