donatio (general term of the Roman law for any gift of property): possessiones donatae (Nov. Theod., 2; Tit., 5, 3). To draw up, recall, etc., an act of endowment, donationem conficere, revocare. The endowment will not hold good, donatio nullam habet firmitatem, or irrita est (both Ulp., ad leg. Cinc.). The endowment of a church, etc., pecunia ecclesiae donata or relicta. Endowments, possessiones donatae.