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Datio

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

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.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A dation.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

L In the civil law. A giving, or act of giving; appointment or assignment Datio in solutum: a giving in payment; a species of accord and satisfaction. Datio judicis: appointment of a jwdea; to hear and determine a cause. Datio tutoris: the appointment of a tutor or guardian by the praetor or a magistrate, where none had been provided by will or by law.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In the civil law. A giving, or act of giving. Datio in solutum; a giving in payment; a species of accord and satisfac. tion. Called, in modern law, “dation.”

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. [from c?ar«, to give.] In the civil law. A giving, or act of giving. Datio in solutum; a giving in payment; a species of accord and satisfaction. Called in modem law, dation. Bouvier. Appointment or assignment. Datio judicis; appointment of a judex to hear and determine a cause. Hallifax Anal. b. 3, c. 9, num. 19. Seei>o, Dico, Addico. Datio tutoris; the appointment of a tutor or guardian by the praetor or a magistrate, where none had been provided by will or by law. Inst. 1. 20. Heinecc. JElem. Jur. Civ. lib. 1, tit. 20.