Destination
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The Intended application of a thing. For example, when a testator gives to a hospital a sum of money to be applied in erecting buildings, he is said to give a turned, have a destination, and are considered real estate, although detached from the freehold. Heirlooms, although personal chattels, are, by their destination, considered real estate; and money agreed or directed to be laid out in land is treated as real property. Newland, Cont. c.
3; 3 Wheat. (U. S.) 577; 2 Bell, Comm. 2; Ersk. Inst. 2. 2. 14; Fonbl. Eq. bk. 1, c. 6, § 9.
See "Easement"; "Fixtures." In Common Law. The port at which a ship is to end her voyage is called her "port of destination." The place for ultimate delivery of goods intrusted for carriage.