Not  only  must  possession  be  given  to  the  donee,  (».)  Deuvery  to

•  1        iT    1        •    ■  donor's  agent,

but  the  donor  must  part  with  all  dominion  over  the  coupled  with  re

'  tention  ol  owner-

gift.     Thus,  in  Hawkins  v.  Blewitt^  A.,  being  in^Mp.
his  last  illness,  ordered  a  box  containing  wearing
apparel  to  be  carried  to  the  defendant's  house  to  be
delivered  to  the  defendant,  giving  no  further  direc-
tions respecting  it.  On  the  next  day,  the  defend-
ant brought  the  key  of  the  box  to  A.,  who  desired
it  to  be  taken  back,  saying,  he  should  want  a  pair
of  breeches  out  of  it.  Held,  not  to  be  a  good  do-
natio mortis  causa,  and  the  learned  judge  said,  "In
the  case  of  a  donatio  mortis  causa,  possession  must
be  immediately  given  ;  and  also  in  parting  with  the
possession,  it  is  necessary  that  the  donor  should
part  with  the  dominion  over  it.  It  seems  rather  to
have  been  left  in  the  defendant's  care  for  safe  cus-
tody, and  was  so  considered  by  herself."

In  connection  with  the  two  last-mentioned  cases,
it  should  also  be  borne  in  mind,  that  the  word
"housekeeper"  is  often  a  euphemism  for  females
that    are   not  only   volunteers,    but    immoral   and  ,

greedy  persons,  and  whom,  therefore,  the  court  is
not  well-disposed  towards.
1  Powell  V.  Hellicar,  26  Beav.  261.
2  2  Esp.  663.
164  THE   EXCLUSIVE   JURISDICTION.
