Dative

[L. Lat. dativus; L. Fr. datif.^^ In old English law. In one's gift; that may be given and disposed of at will and pleasure. Applied to an officer in the sense of removeable, as distinguished from perpetual. Stat. 9 Ric. II. c. 4. Stat. 46 JSdw. III. cc. 9, 10. Cowell. In the civil law. That which is given by the magistrate, as distinguished from that which IS cast upon a party by the law or by a testator. Bouvier. A dative executor (Fr. executeur dc Uif,) answers to the administrator of the common law. Code of Louis. Art. 1671, 1672.