Datio
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In civil law
A giving, or act of giving. Datio in solutum, a giving in payment; a species of accord and satisfaction. Called, in modern law, "dation." _ Appointment or assignment. Datto judicis, the appointment of a judge to hear and determine a cause.