 | Anthony Highmore - 1809 - 648 sider
...Chcpstow, forAmb. osi. the use of the inhabitants for ever. Lord Chancellor Camden defined charity to be a gift to a general public use, which extends to the poor as well as to the rich ; of which there are many instances in the statute 43 Eliz. as for building bridges, &c.... | |
 | Peter Lovelass - 1823 - 470 sider
...within the statute of mortmain as a public charitable use. — Lord Chancellor. Definition of a charity; a gift to a general public use, which extends to the poor as well as to the rich; many instances in the statute 43 Eliz. carrying this idea, as for building bridges, &c.... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Chancery, William Johnson - 1824 - 748 sider
...mortmain, because it was to arise out of land ; but Lord Chancellor Camden defined a charity to be, " a gift to a general public use, which extends to the poor as well as the rich ;" many instances in the statute of 43 'KHz. carrying this idea, as for building bridges, Sic. Where... | |
 | William Ward - 1826 - 536 sider
...the benefit of the donor; and that all other gifts shall be void. A charity has been defined to be a gift to a general public use, which extends to the poor as well as to the rich.c The preamble to the statute of Elizabeth regarding charitable uses,d specifies as such,... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1827 - 916 sider
...these senses is it used by the statutes of mortmain. Lord chancellor C'ambden defined charity to be a gift to a general public use, which extends to the poor as well as the rich, of which there are many instances in the statute 43 Eliz. c. 4., as for building bridges, &c. Highmore... | |
 | Leonard Shelford - 1836 - 1090 sider
...advancement of objects of general public utility. 2. Gifts to the poor. ,] Charity has been defined to be a gift to a general public use, which extends to the poor as well as to the rich (y). Poverty is the principal and essential circumstance for bringing a gift within the... | |
 | Francis Stack Murphy, Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, Great Britain. Court of Exchequer - 1838 - 416 sider
...of the inhabitants for ever : Lord Camden, in giving judgment, says, " The definition of charity is, a gift to a general public use, which extends to the poor as well as the rich; and there are many instances of the statute of 43rd Eliz. carrying this idea, as for building bridges,... | |
 | Connecticut. Supreme Court of Errors - 1886 - 666 sider
...Allen, 455. The word " charitable," in our court of chancery, as in that of England, has a " well known and acknowledged meaning." Hamden v. Rice, 24 Conn.,...as " a gift to a general public use which extends Bristol c. Bristol. to the poor as well as the rich," or " whatever is given for the love of God, or... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - 1859 - 736 sider
...bequest ; a gift or bequest to charitable uses or purposes. See Charitable. Described by Lord Camden as a " gift to a general public use, which extends to the rich as well as to the poor." ЛтЫ. 651. See 2 Story's Eq. Jur. ch. 32. US Digest, Charities and... | |
 | Isaac Fletcher Redfield - 1866 - 1102 sider
...heir-at-law will be entitled. Sweeting v. Sweeting, 12 W. Rep. 239; sc 10 Jur. N. s. 31. " Amb. 651. " a gift to a general public use, which extends to the poor as well as the rich," comes as near the truth, probably, as any one, and this was here attempted to be vindicated, by the... | |
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A gift to a general public use, which extends to the poor as well as the rich. 
