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Donative Advowson

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In ecclesiastical law

A species of advowson, where the benefice is conferred on the clerk by the patron's deed of donation, without presentation, institution, or induction. 2 Bl. Comm. 23; Termes de la Ley. DONATOR (Lat. from dona/re; Law Fr. donour). In civil and old English law. A donor or giver; the party who makes a donatio, or gift. Bracton, fol.

11 et seq.; Fleta, lib. 3, c. 7, § 4.

Donatorius (properly, donatanus). A donee; a person to whom a gift is made; a purchaser. Bracton, fol. 13 et seq.; Fleta, ubi supra. DONATOR NUNQUAM DESINIT P08SIdere antequam donatarius incipiat possldere. He that gives never ceases to possess until