DATIO

datio (day-shee-oh), n.[fr. Latin dare “to give”] Roman law. 1. An act of giving, as in datio in solutum  (“giving  in  payment”).2.  An  appointment,  as  in  datio  tutoris  (“appointment  of  a guardian”). Pl. dationes (day-shee-oh-neez). [Blacks Law 8th]