A Schenkung (donation) in German usage is a legal transaction in which one party (donor) conveys property to another (donee) without receiving return consideration. A Schenkung may take the form of a manual donation [5. 74–103], whereby the gifted object is immediately delivered to the donee and the form of a promise of a later donation. Schenkungen are generally possible only inter vivos, but donations mortis causa arranged between livin…