Donation

The Legal History of Donation (Gift)

This section provides an overview of Donation (Gift)

Donation, Hostile, Religion

From the book The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law, about Donation, Hostile, Religion (1): On the other hand the United States Supreme Court declared the legal right of donees of a college to make as a condition of the donation that all ecclesiastics, missionaries, and ministers of any sort, should be excluded from holding any station of duty in the college or even visiting the same. The condition being only negatively derogatory and hostile to the Christian religion, did not make the devise for the foundation of the college void.67

Donation in Private International Law

This section contain conflict of laws information and cross references related to donation on some major countries and additional jurisdictions. It covers key issues involved when citizens face international situations. Information on private international law cases and courts related to donation is provided here. Details on private international law books are available here.

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See Also

Further Reading

• Anatol Dutta, “Donation”, Encyclopedia of Private International Law, Edward Elgar, 2017

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Notes and References

1. Charles M. Scanlan, The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law. The Law of Church and Grave (1909), Benziger Brothers, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago

See Also

• Religion
• Church

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See Also

• Legal Biography
• Legal Traditions
• Historical Laws
• History of Law

Further Reading

• Donation (Gift) in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press)
• The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Political and Legal History (Oxford University Press)
• Donation (Gift) in the Dictionary of Concepts in History, by Harry Ritter
• A Short History of Western Legal Theory, by John Kelly

Hierarchical Display of Donation

International Relations > Cooperation policy > Aid policy
Social Questions > Social affairs > Social life > Collective activities > Voluntary organisation

Donation

Concept of Donation

See the dictionary definition of Donation.

Characteristics of Donation

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Translation of Donation

• Spanish: Donativo
• French: Don
• German: Spende
• Italian: Dono
• Portuguese: Donativo
• Polish: Dary

Thesaurus of Donation

International Relations > Cooperation policy > Aid policy > Donation
Social Questions > Social affairs > Social life > Collective activities > Voluntary organisation > Donation

See also

• Voluntary organisation