dation en paiementn.

1816 F.-X. Martin Louisiana Term Rep. 1 226 It is that particular kind of contract, which Pothier distinguishes, under the name of dation en payement, which tho' bearing a great resemblance to the contract of sale, differs from it, in this material point, that delivery here is not a mere consequence of the contract, but the very essence of it.

1826 W. Christy Digest Martin's Rep. Supreme Court Louisiana 117 A dation en paiement does not require the formalities required in a donation.

1891 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 1 Dec. 6/3 The charge of fraud preferred against an insolvent is that, in certain transactions with certain of his creditors, he made unfair dations en paiement.

1912 Southern Reporter 56 622/1 A mother transfers a piece of property to her son as a dation en paiement.

1960 Lake Charles (Louisiana) Amer. Press 2 Aug. 17/5 (Legal Notices) Gulf National Bank at Lake Charles, Administrator of said Succession, has petitioned the Court for authority to make a dation en paiement of the following described property.

2002 B. Michaux & S. Van Camp in G. Spindler & F. Börner E-commerce Law Europe & USA i. 57 The system of payment through ‘digital coins’, the so-called cybercoins..is regarded as a ‘dation en paiement’ which can be assimilated to a payment for a transaction by means of goods (in this case e-coins).