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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In Scots law, a donee of the crown; one to whom escheated property is, on certain conditions, made over. Also donatary.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Scots Law) A donee of the crown; one the whom, upon certain condition, escheated property is made over.

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  • noun law, Scotland A donee of the crown; one to whom, upon certain conditions, escheated property is made over.

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Examples

  • In the settlement of Pernambuco, the first donatory, Duarte Coelho

    Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 Maria Graham

  • Pereira Coutinho, the first donatory, was killed by the savages.

    Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 Maria Graham

  • But this is what would happen, under such circumstances, according to the principle of right in the civil state; for in this sphere the donatory can compel me, under certain conditions, to perform my promise.

    The Science of Right 1790

  • It involves a relation between me as the donor (donans), and another person as the donatory (donatarius), in accordance with the principle of private right, by which what is mine is transferred to the latter, on his acceptance of it, as a gift (donum).

    The Science of Right 1790

  • Bishop Sanderson, with the author's donatory inscription to a friend upon the title-page.

    The Complete Angler 1653 Izaak Walton 1638

  • The present writer possesses a copy of one of Walton’s Lives, that of Bishop Sanderson, with the author’s donatory inscription to a friend upon the title-page.

    The Compleat Angler 2007

  • If, then, the case comes before a court, according to the conditions of public right, it must either be presumed that the donor has consented to such compulsion, or the court would give no regard, in the sentence, to the consideration as to whether he intended to reserve the right to resile from his promise or not; but would only refer to what is certain, namely, the condition of the promise and the acceptance of the donatory.

    The Science of Right 1790

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