1. The predetermined end of a course, as of a voyage or package shipment.
2. The act of appointment, esp. in a will; a designation.
3. Scots law. The nomination of heirs — esp. in a certain order — by law or under a will.
“The series of heirs called to the succession of heritable or moveable property, either by the provision of the law or by the will of the proprietor, is, generally speaking, termed a destination; but the term is usually applied, in a more limited sense, to a nomination of successors in a certain order, regulated by the will of the proprietor.” William Bell, Bell’s Dictionary and Digest of the Law of Scotland 320 (George Watson ed., 7th ed. 1890).
4. Scots law. The line of successors so appointed.
