Dative

a.	1.	(Gram.) Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter object, and is generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.
	2.	(Law) In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office. Dative executor one appointed by the judge of probate, his office answering to that of an administrator.
n.	1.	The dative case. See Dative, a., 1.

Noun

1.

dative - the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb Synonyms: dative case

DATIVE. That which may be given or disposed of at will and pleasure. It sometimes means that which is not cast upon the party by the law, or by a testator, but which is given by the magistrate; in this sense it is that tutorship is dative, when the tutor is appointed by the magistrate. Lec. Elem. Sec. 239; Civ. Code of L. art. 288, 1671.

dative case, oblique, oblique case