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DONIS, STATUTE DE. The stat. West. 2, namely, 13 Edw. I. , c. 1, called the statute de donis conditionalibus. This statute revives, in some sort, the ancient feudal restraints, which were originally laid on alienations. 2 Bl. Com. 12.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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(25) The ecclesiastics also sought to avoid the operation of the statutes of Mortmain, including the Statute De Viris Religiosis 1279 (26) which prohibited the conveyance of land to religious corporations in perpetuity without the authority of the Crown.
The statute De Lima referred to is the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons (R.A.
LEGAL COMMENTARY: The court noted that in its capacity as the Supreme Court of the State, it reviews a trial court's interpretation of a statute de novo.
The most likely period of composition is the late 1380s or 1390s, after the Despenser crusade (1383) and before the statute De heretico comburendo (1401), probably about 1389-90.