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 (a See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic word, cf. Ger. See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die Gift, gift, das Gift, See also:

• POISON

poison, formed from the Teut. See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later See also:

• ENGLISH

English is due to Scandinavian See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence)  , a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• TERM

term for a See also:

• PRESENT

present or thing bestowed, i.e. an See also:

• ALIENATION (from Lat. alienus, belonging to another)

alienation of See also:

• PROPERTY

property otherwise than for a legal See also:

• CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration, although 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 it is often used to signify alienation with or without consideration . By See also:

• ANALOGY (Gr. avaXo-yLa, proportion)

analogy the terms " 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 " and " gifted " are also used to signify the natural endowment of some See also:

• SPECIAL

special ability, or a miraculous See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, in a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, as being not acquired in the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary way . The legal effect of a gratuitous gift only need be considered here . Formerly in English law property in See also:

• LAND

land could be conveyed by one person to another by a verbal gift of the See also:

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

estate accompanied by delivery of See also:

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

possession . The See also:

• STATUTE

Statute of Frauds required all such conveyances to be in See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing, and a later statute (8 & 9 Viet. c . 1o6) requires them to be by See also:

• DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

deed . See also:

• PERSONAL

Personal property may be effectually transferred from one person to another by a See also:

• SIMPLE

simple verbal gift accompanied by delivery . If A delivers a See also:

• CHATTEL (for derivation see CATTLE)

chattel to B, saying or signifying that he does so by way of gift, the property passes, and the chattel belongs to B . But unless the actual thing is bodily handed over to the donee, the See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere verbal expression of the donor's See also:

• DESIRE

desire or intention has no legal effect whatever . The persons are in the position of parties to an agreement which is void as being without consideration . When the nature of the thing is such that it cannot be bodily handed over, it will be sufficient to put the donee in such a position as to enable him to See also:

• DEAL

deal with it as the owner . For example, when goods are in a warehouse, the delivery of the See also:

• KEY
• KEY (in O. Eng. tang; the ultimate origin of the word is unknown; it appears only in Old Frisian kei of other Teutonic languages; until the end of the 17th century the pronunciation was kay, as in other words in O. Eng. ending in aeg; cf. daeg, day; clang
• KEY (the phraseograms being indicated by hyphens)
• KEY, SIR ASTLEY COOPER (1821-1888)
• KEY, THOMAS HEWITT (1799-1875)

key will make a verbal gift of them effectual; but it seems that See also:

• PART

part delivery of goods which are capable of actual delivery will not validate a verbal gift of the part undelivered .

So when goods are in the possession of a warehouseman, the landing over of a delivery See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order might, by special See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom (but not otherwise, it appears), be sufficient to pass the property in the goods, although delivery, of a See also:

• BILL

bill of See also:

• LADING (from " to lade," O. Eng. hladan, to put cargo on board; cf. " load "), BILL OF

lading for goods at See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea is See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent to an actual delivery of the goods themselves .