Donation
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 56 U.S. 358 - Forsyth v. Reynolds · 1853Most cited · 7 citing opinions
vs. grant of land
A donation is a gift and gratuity, and not a grant of land founded on a consideration, as where the government is bound to make it by treaty stipulation conferring mutual benefits.
How often courts cite the case defining “Donation”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Donation” — 7 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.