Able to be granted; capable of being given, awarded, or transferred by legal authority.
From 'grant' (from Old French 'creanter,' to promise or assure) + '-able' (suffix meaning 'able to be'). The word 'grant' has been used since the 1200s for legal transfers of property or rights.
In legal documents, 'grantable' property has a specific meaning—it's land or rights that the current owner is actually authorized to give away, which might sound obvious but was crucial in medieval property disputes where ownership was maddeningly unclear.
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