gift

In law, voluntary transfer of property from one person (the donor or grantor) to another (the donee or grantee)

EntityQ707482

Also known as donation

Subclass of: legal transaction
, giving
, occurrence

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A gift, in the law of property, is the voluntary and immediate transfer of property from one person to another without consideration. There are several type of gifts in property law, most notably inter vivos gifts which are made in the donor's lifetime and causa mortis (deathbed) gifts which are made in expectation of the donor's imminent death. Both types of gifts share three elements which must be met in order for the gift to be legally effective: donative intent, the delivery of the gift to the donee, and the acceptance of the gift. In addition to those elements, causa mortis gifts require that the donor must die of the impending peril that they had contemplated when making the gift.

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Different from: donation
gift giving
Gift criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: gift
Said to be the same as: gift
publication gift
Main Wikidata property: donations

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