DATIVE (Lat. dativus, giving or given, from dare, to give)

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DATIVE (Lat. dativus, giving or given, from dare, to give) , the name, in grammar, of the

case

CASE
CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

of the " indirect

object

OBJECT

," the person or thing to or for whom or which anything is given or done. In law, the word signifies something, such as an

office

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

; which may be disposed of at will or pleasure, and is opposed to perpetual. In Scots law the

term

TERM

is applied to persons, duties or

powers

POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

, appointed or granted by a

court

COURT
COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the
influence
- INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)
of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

of law; thus an " executor-'

dative

DATIVE (Lat. dativus, giving or given, from dare, to give)

" is an executor appointed by the

court

COURT
COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the
influence
- INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)
of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

and not by a testator. It answers, therefore, to the

English

ENGLISH

administrator

ADMINISTRATOR

(q.v.). In Roman law, a tutor was either dativus, if expressly nominated in a testament, or optivus, if a power of selection was given.

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