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A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A Dictionary of Law

In old English law

He to whom lands were given; the party to whom a donatio was made. In later law. He to whom lands or tenements are given in tail.

Litt. § 57.

In modern and American law. The party executing a power; otherwise called the “appointer.”

4 Kent, Comm. 316.