Glossary : dation
Definition 1
civil law, contracts. The act of giving something. It differs
from donation, which is a gift, dation, on the contrary, is giving
something without any liberality, as, the giving of an office.
2. Dation in payment, datio in solutionem, which was the giving one thing
in payment of another which was due, corresponds nearly to the accord and
satisfaction of the common law.
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