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Donation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.

2. That right we hold by his donation

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Mr. Boudinot made a donation of ten thousand dollars to the American Bible Society.

Donation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.

2. That which is given as a present; that which is transferred to another gratuitously; a gift.

3. 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.