Grant : (noun)
1: any monetary aid
2: the act of providing a subsidy [syn: subsidization, subsidisation]
3: (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance [syn: assignment]
4: Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of
the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978) [syn: Grant, Duncan
Grant, Duncan James Corrow Grant]
5: United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant
leading man in many films (1904-1986) [syn: Grant, Cary
Grant]
6: 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union
armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) [syn: Grant,
Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson
Grant, Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant]
7: a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary
business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park"
[syn: concession]
8: a right or privilege that has been granted
(verb)
1: let have; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few
visitors in prison" [syn: allow] [ant: deny]
2: give on the basis of merit; "Funds are granted to qualified
researchers" [syn: award]
3: be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" [syn: concede,
yield]
4: allow to have; "grant a privilege" [syn: accord, allot]
5: bestow, especially officially; "grant a degree"; "give a
divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights" [syn: give]
6: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control
of another [syn: concede, yield, cede]
7: transfer by deed; "grant land" [syn: deed over]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Grant : \Grant\, v. i.
To assent; to consent. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Grant : \Grant\, n. [OE. grant, graunt, OF. graant, creant,
promise, assurance. See Grant, v. t.]
1. The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring;
concession; allowance; permission.
2. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
3. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
4. (Law) A transfer of property by deed or writing;
especially, au appropriation or conveyance made by the
government; as, a grant of land or of money; also, the
deed or writing by which the transfer is made.
Note: Formerly, in English law, the term was specifically
applied to transfrrs of incorporeal hereditaments,
expectant estates, and letters patent from government
and such is its present application in some of the
United States. But now, in England the usual mode of
transferring realty is by grant; and so, in some of the
United States, the term grant is applied to conveyances
of every kind of real property. --Bouvier. Burrill.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Grant : \Grant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Granted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Granting.] [OE. graunten, granten, OF. graanter, craanter,
creanter, to promise, yield, LL. creantare to promise,
assure, for (assumed LL.) credentare to make believe, fr. L.
credens, p. pr. of credere to believe. See Creed,
Credit.]
1. To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the
possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to
petition.
Grant me the place of this threshing floor. --1
Chrcn. xxi.
22.
2. To bestow or confer, with or without compensation,
particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.
Wherefore did God grant me my request. --Milton.
3. To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to
yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.
Grant that the Fates have firmed by their decree.
--Dryden.
Syn: Syn.-- To give; confer; bestow; convey; transfer; admit;
allow; concede. See Give.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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GRANT, BARGAIN, AND SELL. - By the laws of the states of Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Missouri, and Alabama, it is declared that the words grant,
bargain, and sell) shall amount to a covenant that the grantor was seised of
an estate in fee, freed from encumbrances done or suffered by him, and for
quiet enjoyment as against all his acts. These words do not amount to a
general warranty, but merely to a covenant that the grantor has not done any
acts nor created any, encumbrance, by which the estate may be defeated. 2
Binn. R. 95 3 Penna. R. 313; 3 Penna., R. 317, note; 1 Rawle, 377; 1 Misso.
576. Vide 2 Caines R. 188; 1 Murph. R. 343; Id. 348; Ark. Rev. Stat, ch. 31,
s. 1; 11 S. & R. 109.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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GRANT, conveyancing, concessio. Technically speaking, grants are applicable
to the conveyance of incorporeal rights, though in the largest sense, the
term comprehends everything that is granted or passed from one to another,
and is applied to every species of property.Grant : is one of the usual words
in a feoffment, and differs but little except in the subject-matter; for the
operative words used in grants are dedi et concessi, "have given and
granted."
2. Incorporeal rights are said to lie in grant and not in livery, for
existing only in idea, in contemplation of law, they cannot be transferred
by livery of possession; of course at common law, a conveyance in writing
was necessary, hence they are said to be in grant, and to pass by the
delivery of the deed.
3. To render the grant effectual, the common law required the consent
of the tenant of the land out of which the rent, or other incorporeal
interest proceeded; and this was called attornment. (q. v.) It arose from
the intimate alliance between the lord and vassal existing under the feudal
tenures., The tenant could not alien the feud without the consent of the
lord, nor the lord part with his seigniory without the consent of the
tenant. The necessity of attornment has been abolished in the United States.
4 Kent, Com. 479. He who makes the grant is called the grantor, and he to
whom it is made the grantee. Vide Com. Dig. h. t.; 14 Vin. Ab. 27; Bac. Ab.
h. t. 4 Kent, Com. 477; 2 Bl. Com. 317, 440; Perk. ch. 1; Touchs. c. 12; 8
Cowen's R. 36.
4. 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., 12
Pet. R. 410. See, generally, 9 A. & E. 532; 5 Mass. 472; 9 Pick. 80.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Grant, AL (town, FIPS 31096)
Location: 34.51721 N, 86.25227 W
Population (1990): 638 (268 housing units)
Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 35747
Grant, IA (city, FIPS 32295)
Location: 41.14222 N, 94.98511 W
Population (1990): 123 (72 housing units)
Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 50847
Grant, MI (city, FIPS 34360)
Location: 43.33406 N, 85.81006 W
Population (1990): 764 (311 housing units)
Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 49327
Grant, NE (city, FIPS 19910)
Location: 40.84441 N, 101.72566 W
Population (1990): 1239 (585 housing units)
Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 69140
Grant, OK
Zip code(s): 74738
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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