donee

The recipient of a gift. One to whom a gift is made or a bequest given. One who is invested with a power of appointment; the party executing a power, otherwise called the "appointer." He to whom lands or tenements are given in tail. In old English law, he to whom lands were given; the party to whom a donatio was made

@ donee beneficiary

A person not a party to a contract but to whom the benefits of a contract flow as a direct result of an intention to make a gift to that person. In a third party contract, the person who takes the benefit of the contract though there is no privity between him and the contracting parties. Where performance of a promise in a contract will benefit a person other than the promisee, that person is a "donee beneficiary" if it appears from the terms of the promise in view of the accompanying circumstances that the purpose of the promisee in obtaining the promise is to make a gift to the beneficiary or to confer upon him a right against the promissor to some performance not due from the promisee to the beneficiary. Bain v. Gillispie, Iowa App., 357 N.W.2d 47, 50

@ donee of power

The person to whom the settlor or donor of a power of appointment gives such power to be exercised. In the case of a special power, in favor of a limited class such as members of a family, or, in the case of a general power, in favor of any one including the donee himself

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