Donatio
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. [from donum, a gift, or donare, to give.] In the civil law. Gift, or donation: one of the modes of acquiring property.
Inst. 2. 7. pr. 1, 2.
This is of two kinds; catisa mortis, and inter vivos. Id. Und, Bract, fol.
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See infra.