Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

donatory

n. Scots law. A recipient of a gift; specif., a donee of the Crown."A donatory is the donee or receiver of a gift or donation. In practice, the term is applied exclusively to the person to whom the Crown makes a gift, as of escheat, ultimus haeres, or the like." William Bell, Bell's Dictionary and Digest of the Law of Scotland 299 (George Watson ed., 1882).