donation (donashon)

[=F. donation, OF. do no is on, don a is on, donaeson, do unison = Sp. do nacion = Pg. doação = It. do nazi one, He gave us only over beast, fish, fowl, Dominion absolute; that right we hold By his donation . Milton , P. L., xii. 69. IMG:content-3032.png:[graphic] IMG:content-3033.png:[blocks in formation] 2. That which is gratuitously given; a grant; gardens, and attaining a height of 8 or 10 feet. a gift. And some donation freely to estate On the ble 'd lovers. Shak . , Tempest, iv. 1. 3. In law, the act or contract by which the own ership of a thing is transferred by one person to another without consideration. To be valid, a donation supposes capacity both in the donor to give and in the donce to receive, and requires consent, delivery, and acceptance. - Donatio mort is causa (literally, a gift by reason of death), a gift of personal property, made in the donor's expectation of speedy death, with the implied or expre ed condition that the thing is to be returned if he recover.-Donation lands, in Pennsylvania, in the period succeeding the revolution, lands set apart in the northwestern part of the State for donation or gift to citizens of the State who had served in the revolutionary army. = Syn. 2. Contribution, benefaction.-3. ge , etc. See present.