A donatio mortis causa stands halfway between a gift inter vivos and a legacy, and has some of the characteristics of each form of disposition.
Certain statutes admit the dos and donatio propter nuptias together with the meta and the Longobard donation.
It moreover enlarges the amount of the legitim, and ordains that the dowry of the wife should be met by a donatio propter nuptias of equal value from the husband, and that, in the interest of the children, both should be inalienable.
In the notorious Donatio Constantini (ยง 87, 4) it is unhesitatingly accepted.
In opposition to Occam and the Spirituals, he founds the temporal sovereignty of the pope on the Donatio Constantini.
It was likewise admitted into the law of the Lombards, and Italy is most probably the West European country wheredonatio propter osculum has been longest retained.
Roman notions of the importance of the dos and donatio propter nuptias, and made the consensus the essential element in marriage.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "donatio" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
