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Webster 1913 Edition

Donation

Do-na′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
donatio
; cf. F.
donation
.]
1.
The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.
After
donation
there is an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given.
South.
2.
That which is given as a present; that which is transferred to another gratuitously; a gift.
And some
donation
freely to estate
On the bless’d lovers.
Shakespeare
3.
(Law)
The act or contract by which a person voluntarily transfers the title to a thing of which be is the owner, from himself to another, without any consideration, as a free gift.
Bouvier.
Syn. – Gift; present; benefaction; grant. See
Gift
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Donation

DONATION

,
Noun.
[L., to give.]
1.
The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.
That right we hold by his donation.
2.
In law, the act or contract by which a thing or the use of it is transferred to a person, or corporation, as a free gift. To be valid, a donation supposes capacity both in the donor to give and donee to take, and requires consent, acceptance and delivery.
3.
That which is given or bestowed; that which is transferred to another gratuitously, or without a valuable consideration; a gift; a grant. Donation is usually applied to things of more value than present.
Mr. Boudinot made a donation of ten thousand dollars to the American Bible Society.

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