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... Sir John Leach , V. C .; afterwards on appeal before Lord Eldon ; and again before his successor Lord Lyndhurst . In that case an estate had been conveyed to the corporation of Exeter , in the reign of Henry the 7th , for the following ...
... Sir John Leach , V. C .; afterwards on appeal before Lord Eldon ; and again before his successor Lord Lyndhurst . In that case an estate had been conveyed to the corporation of Exeter , in the reign of Henry the 7th , for the following ...
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... Lord Eldon ; 14 Ves . 7. But this doctrine has since been exploded , and it has been laid down by Sir John Leach , V. C. , that the institu- tion of a school for the sons of gentlemen , though not in popu- ar language a charity , is yet ...
... Lord Eldon ; 14 Ves . 7. But this doctrine has since been exploded , and it has been laid down by Sir John Leach , V. C. , that the institu- tion of a school for the sons of gentlemen , though not in popu- ar language a charity , is yet ...
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... Sir John Leach , V. C. , without giving any opinion with respect to the last stated ground where really ex- isting , held that in the case under consideration there was no gift to the nation ; but a gift to an institution established by ...
... Sir John Leach , V. C. , without giving any opinion with respect to the last stated ground where really ex- isting , held that in the case under consideration there was no gift to the nation ; but a gift to an institution established by ...
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... Sir Francis Moore's commentary , is as follows : " An imposition granted ... St. Paul's church ( a ) , beyond doubt that was a charitable use . Money given by a ... John Leach , V. C. , in a case where there was an enclosure of a com- mon ...
... Sir Francis Moore's commentary , is as follows : " An imposition granted ... St. Paul's church ( a ) , beyond doubt that was a charitable use . Money given by a ... John Leach , V. C. , in a case where there was an enclosure of a com- mon ...
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... Sir John Leach thus delivered himself : " I am of opinion that funds supplied from the gift of the crown , or from the gift of the legislature , or from private gift , for any legal , public , or general purpose , are charitable funds ...
... Sir John Leach thus delivered himself : " I am of opinion that funds supplied from the gift of the crown , or from the gift of the legislature , or from private gift , for any legal , public , or general purpose , are charitable funds ...
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Page 277 - subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the penalties of
Page 506 - ... and unless the same be made to take effect in possession for the charitable use intended, immediately from the making thereof, and be without any power of revocation, reservation, trust, condition, limitation, clause or agreement whatsoever, for the benefit of the donor or grantor, or of any person or persons claiming under him.
Page 506 - That from and after the 24th day of June, 1736, no manors, lands, tenements, rents, advowsons, or other hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal whatsoever ; nor any sum or sums of money, goods, chattels, stocks in the public funds, securities for money, or any other personal estate whatsoever, to be laid out or disposed of in the purchase of any lands, tenements or hereditaments...
Page 507 - Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty-six, no manors, lands, tenements, rents, advowsons, or other hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal whatsoever, nor any sum or sums of money goods, chattels, stocks in the public funds, securities for money, or any other personal estate whatsoever, to be laid out or disposed of in the purchase of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments...
Page 71 - Whereas gifts or alienations of lands, tenements, or hereditaments in mortmain are prohibited or restrained by Magna Charta, and divers other wholesome laws, as prejudicial to and against the common utility ; nevertheless, this public mischief has of late greatly increased by many large and improvident alienations or dispositions made by languishing or dying persons, or by other persons to uses called charitable uses, to take place after their deaths, to the disherison of their lawful heirs...
Page 296 - Wilmot had said) are never imperative; they leave the act to be done at the will of the party to whom they are given. Trusts are always imperative, and are obligatory upon the conscience of the party intrusted.
Page 461 - ... some for relief of aged, impotent and poor people, some for maintenance of sick and maimed soldiers and mariners, schools of learning, free schools, and scholars in universities, some for repair of bridges, ports, havens, causeways, churches, sea-banks and highways, some for education and preferment of orphans, some for or towards relief, stock or maintenance for houses of correction, some for marriages of poor maids, some for supportation, aid and help of young tradesmen, handicraftsmen and...
Page 14 - Queen's most excellent majesty, and her most noble progenitors, as by sundry other well-disposed persons ; some for relief of aged, impotent and poor people, some for maintenance of sick and maimed soldiers and mariners, schools of learning, free schools...
Page 284 - In the first case of this sort, a testator bequeathed a fund to be " from time to time for ever applied in the purchasing of such books, as, by a proper disposition of them under the following directions, mig/it have a tendency to promote the interests of virtue and religion and the happiness of mankind...
Page 125 - Provided nevertheless, that no effect shall be given hereby to any deed or other assurance heretofore made, so far as the same has been already avoided by any suit at law or in equity, or by any other legal or equitable means whatsoever, or to affect or prejudice any suit at law or in equity actually commenced for avoiding any such deed or other assurance, or for defeating the charitable uses in trust or for the benefit of which such deed or other assurance may have been made.