DONATIO MORTIS CAUSA (See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant in See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of See also:

• DEATH

death)  , in See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, a See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• PROPERTY

property made in contemplation of See also:

• DEATH

death and intended either expressly or impliedly to take See also:

• COMPLETE

complete effect only if the donor See also:

• DIES, CHRISTOPH ALBERT (1755-1822)

dies of the illness affecting him at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the gift . The conception as well as the name is borrowed from See also:

• ROMAN

Roman law, and the See also:

• DEFINITION (Lat. definitio, from de-finire, to set limits to, describe)

definition given by Justinian (Inst. ii . 7 . 1) applies equally to a donatio mortis causa in Roman and See also:

• ENGLISH

English law . A distinction, however, has arisen between the English and See also:

• CIVIL

civil codes; by English law delivery either actual or (when from the nature of the thing actual delivery is impossible) constructive is essential, and this delivery must pass not only the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession but the dominion of the thing given; by the civil law, in some cases at least, delivery of possession was not essential (see the See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment of See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

Chancellor See also:

• HARDWICKE, PHILIP YORKE, 1ST EARL

Hardwicke in See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

Ward v . See also:

• TURNER, CHARLES (1773–1857)
• TURNER, JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM (1775–1851)
• TURNER, NAT (1800-1831)
• TURNER, SHARON (1768-1847)
• TURNER, SIR JAMES (1615–1686)
• TURNER, WILLIAM (d. 1568)

Turner, 1751, 2 Ves. sen . 431, where the whole question is exhaustively discussed) . A donatio mortis causa stands halfway between a gift inter vivos and a See also:

• LEGACY (Lat. legatum)

legacy, and has some of the characteristics of each See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of disposition . It resembles a legacy in that (1) it is revocable during the donor's See also:

• LIFE

life, (2) it is subject to legacy and See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty, and (3) it is liable to satisfy debts of the testator in See also:

• DEFAULT (Fr. defaut, from defailler, to fail, Lat. fallere)

default of other See also:

• ASSETS (from the O. Nor. Fr. assetz, mod. Fr. asset, " enough")

assets . On the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, it resembles a gift inter vivos in that it takes effect from delivery; therefore the consent of the executor is not necessary . Anything may be the subject of a donatio mortis causa, the See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute property in which can be made to pass by delivery after the donor's death either in law or See also:

• EQUITY (Lat. aequitas)

equity; this will See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover bankers' See also:

• DEPOSIT (Lat. depositurn, from deponere, to lay down, to put in the care of)

deposit notes, bills of See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange, and notes and cheques of a third See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, but not promissory notes and cheques of the donor in favour of the donee, for the donor's See also:

• SIGNATURE (through Fr. from Lat. signature, signare, to sign, signum, mark, token, sign)

signature is merely an authority for his banker to pay, which is revoked by his death .