单词 | donee |
释义 | doneen. One to whom anything is given; esp. in Law, (a) one to whom anything is given gratuitously; (b) one to whom land is conveyed in fee tail; (c) one to whom a ‘power’ is given for execution. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > [noun] > recipient > of a gift or donation donee1523 donatorya1617 donatee1716 donatary1818 society > law > transfer of property > putting in possession > [noun] > handing over > recipient in law > of donation donee1523 donatorc1575 donatorya1617 donatary1818 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng vii. f. 7v This donee or this purchasoure, shall take [etc.]. 1598 tr. J. Kitchin Jurisdictions (1675) 218 A Donee in tail. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. vi. 371 Not sixty of the Kings Donees had sons owning their fathers estates. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. vii. 110 If the donee died without such particular heirs, the land should revert to the donor. 1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. ii. 56 The Church, as the donee of pious gifts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1523 |
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