Committor

/kəˈmɪtər/ noun

Definition

A person who commits or entrusts something to another; in law, one who initiates a commitment or transfers property to another.

Etymology

From Latin committor, agent noun from committere. A legal variant of committent, used interchangeably in property and trust law.

Kelly Says

In property law, the committor is technically the person transferring rights to another, but this term is less common than settlor or grantor, showing how legal terminology often has multiple overlapping words for nearly the same concept.

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