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Definition of Donatary

1. n. See Donatory.

Definition of Donatary

1. a person who is given crown lands [n DONATARIES]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Donatary

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Donald Robert Perry Marquis Donar donaries donary donas donatary (current term) donate donated Donatello donates

Donath-landsteiner Donath-Landsteiner cold autoantibody Donath-Landsteiner phenomenon donating donation donations Donatism donatisms Donatist donative

Literary usage of Donatary

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1. An Institute of the Law of Scotland: In Four Books : in the Order of Sir by John Erskine, George Mackenzie, James Ivory (1828)
"And the plain reason why the King's donatary is not liable beyond the extent of the inventory, and consequently not subjected personally, except in so far ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Landlord and Tenant: With an Appendix Containing by Robert Hunter, William Guthrie (1876)
"... decided that the lease did not devolve to the donatary.2 The judgment consequently was rested upon the principle, and not upon the clause of seclusion. ..."

3. A Treatise on the Law of Obligations, Or Contracts by Robert Joseph Pothier, William David Evans (1806)
"... having intervened in the donation, the engagement which the donatary contracts in his favour is contracted by a concurrence of intention in the donor ..."

4. Principles of the Law of Scotland by John Erskine, George Moir (1881)
"Neither the King nor his donatary is liable beyond the value of the succession. ... (ft) A donatary cannot take up a lease which excludes assignees ..."

5. Principles of the Law of Scotland by John Erskine, George Moir, William Guthrie (1870)
"Neither the King nor his donatary is liable beyond the value of the succession. ... Craw, June 18, 1678, ... . ,. . cannot test (6) A donatary ..."

6. Decisions of the Court of Session: From November 1825 to [20th July 1841] by John Tawse, F. Somerville, John Craigie, George Robinson, Scotland Court of Session, Charles Gordon Robertson, Scotland High Court of Justiciary, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Faculty of Advocates (Scotland) (1838)
"... to that forfeiture of his vassal or to bis donatary, I can discover no express dictum or authority for holding, that, according to the law of Scotland, ..."

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