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donatory
[ don-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, doh-nuh- ]
noun
, Chiefly Scots Law.
, plural don·a·to·ries.
- a donee of the king, especially one given the right by the king to property obtained by escheat or forfeit.
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On this island Francesco Pereira Coutinho, the first donatory, was killed by the savages.
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In Scotland they were held to belong to the crown or its donatory, usually the sheriff of a county.
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The donatory of the territory which included the bay of Bahia, started a town, but it was destroyed by Indians.
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