de donis conditionalibus
De Donis Conditionalibus (dee doh-nis k[schwa]n-dish-ee-[schwa]-nal-i-b[ schwa]s). An English statute, enacted in 1285, that gave rise to the ability to create a fee tail. — Often shortened to De Donis. — Sometimes written de donis conditionalibus. “[T]he statute de donis of 13 Edw. I…. was intended to check the judicial construction, that had, in a […]
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