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 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1914 - 768 pages
...in its 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...of education or religion, by relieving their bodies of disease, suffering or constraint, by assisting them to establish themselves in life, or by erecting... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1878 - 738 pages
...Dickinson, 7 Mass. 153. De Camp v. Dobbins. bringing their hearts under the influence of education and religion, by relieving their bodies from disease,...constraint, by assisting them to establish themselves for life, or by erecting and maintaining public buildings or works, or otherwise lessening the burdens... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 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... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1910 - 726 pages
...a 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 hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies from disease, suffering... | |
 | 1899 - 1354 pages
...v. Phillips, 14 Allen, 539: " A charity is a gift, to be applied, consistently with existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons either by bringing their minds and hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies from disease, suffering... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1870 - 914 pages
...charitable trusts in the abstract, say it is a gift to be applied, consistently with existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds and hearts under the influence of education or religion ; by relieving their bodies from disease, suffering,... | |
 | John Adams - 1873 - 930 pages
...Saltonstall r. Sanders, 11 Allen 446. A charity is a gift to be applied consistently with existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons,...themselves in life, or by erecting or maintaining public works, or otherwise lessening the burdens of government : [Per Gray, J.,] Jackson v. Phillips, 14 Allen... | |
 | GEO. TUCKER BISPHAM - 1874 - 610 pages
...has defined a charity in its legal sense 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 their hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies from disease,... | |
 | 1920 - 496 pages
...CharltleH — Gift Defined. — A "charity" is a gift to be applied consistently with existing laws for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds and hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies from disease, suffering... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1877 - 908 pages
...charitable trusts in the abstract, say it is a gift to be applied, consistently with existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds and hearts Under the influence of education or religion ; by relieving their bodies from disease, suffering,... | |
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