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" A charity, in the legal sense, may be more fully defined as a gift to be applied consistently with existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion,... "
Cases on the General Principles of the Law of Private Corporations - Page 1276
by Horace La Fayette Wilgus - 1902 - 2213 pages
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Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Chancery of the State of ..., Volume 67

New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 808 pages
...to be applied, consistently with existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of parsons, either by bringing their minds or hearts under the...or otherwise lessening the burdens of government. It is immaterial whether the purpose is called charitable in the gift itself, if it be so described...
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Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Chancery of the State of ..., Volume 82

New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 768 pages
...bringing their minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies of disease, suffering or constraint, by assisting them...or otherwise lessening the burdens of government. It is immaterial whether the purpose is called charitable in the gift itself, if it be so described...
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Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Chancery of the State of ..., Volume 55

New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1898 - 924 pages
...be applied consistently with existing laws for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons * * * by erecting or maintaining public buildings or works...or otherwise lessening the burdens of government." In the Livesey c. Jones. case in hand, however, there is no intention to confine the gift to the people...
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Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Chancery of the State of ..., Volume 29

New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 738 pages
...disease, suffering or constraint, by assisting them to establish themselves for life, or by erecting and maintaining public buildings or works, or otherwise lessening the burdens of government." " And," he adds, "it is immaterial whether the purpose is called charitable in the gift itself, if...
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Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in ..., Volume 233

Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 726 pages
...case of Jackson v. Phillips, supra, on page 556, defined a charity as follows : "A charity, in the legal sense, may be more fully defined as a gift,...or otherwise lessening the burdens of government. It is immaterial whether the purpose is called charitable in the gift itself, if it is so described...
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Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in ..., Volume 242

Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1910 - 726 pages
...the word "charity" is comprehensive and not restricted, and includes the erecting and maintaining of public buildings or works or otherwise lessening the burdens of government. This bequest could be upheld for these reasons alone. The sum of $30,000 is to be expended on this monument...
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Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence: As Administered in England ..., Volume 2

Joseph Story - Equity - 1870 - 912 pages
...bodies from disease, suffering, or constraint; by assisting them to establish themselves in life ; by erecting or maintaining public buildings or works,...or otherwise lessening the burdens of government. It was here held that a bequest for the publication of books and papers and making addresses to influence...
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THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUITY: A TREATISE ON THE SYSTEM OF JUSTICE ADMINISTERED ...

GEO. TUCKER BISPHAM - 1874 - 610 pages
...existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds or their hearts under the influence of education or religion,...or otherwise lessening the burdens of government. It is immaterial whether the purpose is called charitable in the gift itself, if it is so described...
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A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators, Volume 2

Sir Edward Vaughan Williams, Walter Vere Vaughan Williams - Executors and administrators - 1877 - 814 pages
...and then gives a more elaborate and practical definition of his own. " A charity," he says, " in a legal sense, may be more fully defined as a gift,...or otherwise lessening the burdens of government. It is immaterial whether the purpose is called charitable in the gift itself, if it is so described...
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Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence, as Administered in England ..., Volume 2

Joseph Story - Equity - 1877 - 910 pages
...bodies from disease, suffering, or constraint ; by assisting them to establish themselves in life ; by erecting or maintaining public buildings or works,...or otherwise lessening the burdens of government. It was here held that a bequest for the publication of books and papers and making addresses to influence...
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