donatory

[ don-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, doh-nuh- ]

noun

, Chiefly Scots Law.

, plural don·a·to·ries.

1. a donee of the king, especially one given the right by the king to property obtained by escheat or forfeit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of donatory¹

1610–20; < Medieval Latin dōnātōrius, equivalent to Latin dōnā ( re ) ( donation ) + -tōrius -tory ¹

Example Sentences

The donatory of the territory which included the bay of Bahia, started a town, but it was destroyed by Indians.

From Project Gutenberg

Jobst van Heurter, some time after he had obtained the grant or sub-lease of Fayal, appears also to have become Captain Donatory of Pico, with a commission to colonise this island.

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Jorge de Figueiredo, Escrivam da Fazenda, was the first donatory of the captaincy Ilh�os, 140 m. south of Bahia.

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On this island Francesco Pereira Coutinho, the first donatory, was killed by the savages.

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When the famous Caramuru was wrecked, together with the Donatory Coutinho, on Itaparica, Coutinho was put to death; but, Caramuru, being beloved by the natives, was spared, and he returned to his old settlement of Villa Velha.

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