Dative

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Meaning of Dative

In Old English Law. In one’s gift; that may be given and disposed of at will and pleasure. Applied to an officer in the sense of “removable,” as distinguished from “perpetual.” St. 9 Rich. II. c. 4; St. 45 Edw. III. cc. 9, 10; Cowell. In Civil Law. That which Is given by the magistrate, as distinguished from that which is cast upon a party by the law or by a testator. Bouvier. A dative executor answers to the administrator of the common law. Code Louis, arts. 1671, 1672.

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This term is an adjetive.

Etimology of Dative

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mid-15c., from Latin dativus “pertaining to giving,” from datus “given” (see date (n.1)); in grammatical use from Greek dotike (ptosis) “dative (case),” from dotikos “of giving nature,” from dotos “given,” from PIE root *do- “to give,” from the same PIE root as the Latin word. In law, “that may be disposed of at pleasure,” from 1530s. Typically the case of the indirect object, but sometimes also denoting “motion toward.” In old Germanic languages, the “fourth case,” catch-all for Indo-European dative, ablative, locative, and other cases.


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