Datio, ônis, f. g. Verbale. Varro. A giuing.Remittendum in datione. Varro. In giuing.Datio signi. Plin. Datárius. Adiect. Quod dandum est, aut quod datur. Pla. That is giuen, or must be giuen.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
dătĭo, ōnis, f. [do], the act of giving, allotting, distributing; giving up, surrender (good prose, but rare).—I. Prop.: in datione, Varr. R. R. 3, 9 fin.: legum ( = latio), Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 60: signi dationem Palamedes invenit, Plin. 7, 56, 57, 202: legati, opp. ademptio legati, Dig. 34, 4, 14: partis, ib. 45, 1, 2.—II.Transf.A.The right to give or convey away property: right of alienation, Liv. 39, 19.—B.A gift (eccl. Lat.): datio Dei permanet pistis, Vulg. Sirach. 11, 17.