Donationum alia perfecta, alia incepta, et non perfecta; ut si donatio lecta fuit et concessa, ac traditio nondum fuerit subsecuta

Dictionary: 
Ballentine's Law Dictionary

Some gifts are complete, others either incipient or not complete, as if a gift were read and agreed upon but delivery had not yet followed.

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