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Dotage is that feebleness of the mental faculties which proceeds from old age. It is a diminution or decay of that intellectual power which was once possessed. It is the slow approach of death; of that irrevocable cessation without hurt or disease ofall the functions which once belonged to the living animal. The external functions gradually cease; the senses waste away by … [Read more...] about DOTAGE

He who makes a gift. In old English law. He by whom lands were given to another; the party making a donation. In later law. He who gives lands or tenements to another in tail. Litt … [Read more...] about DONOR

Relating to the dos or portion of a woman; constituting her portion; comprised in her portion. Dotal property. In the civil law, in Louisiana, by this term is understood that property which the wife brings to the husband to assist him in bearing the expenses of the marriage establishment. Extradotal property, otherwise called "paraphernal property," is that which forms no part … [Read more...] about DOTAL

Lat. In the civil law. A gift; a free gift Calvin. Distinguished from munus. Dig. 50, 16, 194. … [Read more...] about DONUM

By the civil law, and in Louisiana, by this term is understood that property, which the wife brings to the husband to assist him in bearing the expenses of the marriage establishment. Civil Code of Lo. art. 2315. Vide Extradotal property. … [Read more...] about DOTAL PROPERTY