Cujus est dare ejus est disponere

Dictionary: 
Ballentine's Law Dictionary

Who has the gift of anything should have the disposition of it. Cujus est divisio alterius est electio. Whichever one has the division, the other has the choice.

Author: 
James A. Ballentine
Publisher: 
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Year Published: 
1916
Genre: 
Law Dictionary