The person or entity receiving property, rights, or interests in a deed or other legal document. In real estate transactions, the grantee is typically the buyer who receives title to the property from the grantor (seller).
From 'grant' (from Old French 'granter,' meaning to promise or assure) plus the suffix '-ee' indicating the recipient of an action. This legal terminology developed in medieval English law to clearly identify parties in property transfers.
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