> donee /dəʊˈniː/.
Etymology: f. stem of don-or + -ee.
One to whom anything is given; esp. in Law, (a).one to whom anything is given gratuitously; (b).one to whom land is conveyed in fee tail; (c).one to whom a ‘power’ is given for execution.
1523 Fitzherb. Surv. 7 b, ― This donee or this purchasoure shall take [etc.].
1598 Kitchin Courts Leet (1675) 218 ― A Donee in tail.
1655 Fuller Ch. Hist. vi. vii. §16 ― Not sixty of the Kings Donees had sons owning their fathers estates.
1767 Blackstone Comm. II. vii. 110 ― If the donee died without such particular heirs, the land should revert to …
Etymology: f. stem of don-or + -ee.
One to whom anything is given; esp. in Law, (a).one to whom anything is given gratuitously; (b).one to whom land is conveyed in fee tail; (c).one to whom a ‘power’ is given for execution.
1523 Fitzherb. Surv. 7 b, ― This donee or this purchasoure shall take [etc.].
1598 Kitchin Courts Leet (1675) 218 ― A Donee in tail.
1655 Fuller Ch. Hist. vi. vii. §16 ― Not sixty of the Kings Donees had sons owning their fathers estates.
1767 Blackstone Comm. II. vii. 110 ― If the donee died without such particular heirs, the land should revert to …