donatio inter vivos

noun

a lifetime gift, a present or future gift given during the donor's lifetime.

Opposite
donatio mortis causa
OriginLatin dōnātiō →
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Meanings

noundonatio inter vivos (plural donationes inter vivos)

plural donationes inter vivos

  1. lawa lifetime gift, a present or future gift given during the donor's lifetime.

Synonyms & antonyms

antonym(s) of “a gift given in expectation of the donor's death”

Opposite
donatio mortis causa

Origin

  1. Latindōnātiō“donation, gift”
  2. Englishdonatio inter vivos

From Latin dōnātiō (“donation, gift”) + inter (“between”) + vīvōs (“living”). Literally a gift between the living.

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