 | William John Tossell - 1909 - 958 sider
...Mass. (14 Allen) 539, 556, the court defines a charity as follows : "A charity, in the legal sense, may be more fully defined as a gift, to be applied...of education or religion, by relieving their bodies *rom disease, suffering or constraint, by assisting them to establish themselves in life, or by erecting... | |
 | Norman Fetter - 1895 - 490 sider
...treated as mortgages.8' PUBLIC OR CHARITABLE TRUSTS. 123. A charitable trust has been denned to be a "gift, to be applied, consistently with existing...of an indefinite number of persons, — either by bring•s Lewin, {Trusts, p. 689. 64 In many of the states the purposes for which active trusts may... | |
 | Henry Budd, Ardemus Stewart - 1896 - 828 sider
...most scientific, is that of Justice GRAY, in the case cited above : " A charity, in the legal sense, may be more fully defined as a gift, to be applied...number of persons, either by bringing their minds and hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies from disease, suffering,... | |
 | Civic Club of Philadelphia. Committee of the Social Science Section - 1896 - 388 sider
...vs. Williams, Ambler, 651. I lao, Pennsylvania, 1888. when he said :* "A charity in the legal sense may be more fully defined as a gift to be applied consistently with the existing laws for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds... | |
 | Frank Sumner Rice, William Lawrence Clark - 1897 - 806 sider
...the law, and leaves nothing to be added. In his words " a 'charity' in the legal sense, may be more defined as a gift to be applied consistently with...hearts under the influence of education or religion, or by relieving their bodies from disease, suffering or constraint, or by assisting them to establish... | |
 | 1897 - 612 sider
...''A charity is a gift or gifts to be applied consistently with existent laws for the benefit of any number of persons, either by bringing their minds...influence of education or religion, by relieving their Lodies from disease, suffering or constraint, by erecting or maintaining public buildings or otherwise... | |
 | 1897 - 1088 sider
...Phillips, 14 Allen, 539, 556, as follows: "A charity, in legal sense, may be more fully defined as a (rift to be applied, consistently with existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, cither by bringing their minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion; by relieving... | |
 | Illinois. Appellate Court, Edwin Burritt Smith, Martin L. Newell - 1898 - 716 sider
...doing and well being of social man." 2 Perry on Trusts, Sees. 697, 687. " A charity in a legal sense may be more fully defined as a gift, to be applied...indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their hearts under the influence of education or religion by relieving their bodies from disease, suffering... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1898 - 1004 sider
...court in the case of Crerar v. Williams, 145 111. 625. It is as follows: "A charity, in a legal sense, may be more fully defined as a gift, to be applied,...indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their heart* under the influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies from disease, suffering,... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1898 - 1014 sider
...shipper. (Bird v. Railroads, 856.) CHARITIES. 1. CHARITIES-CHARITABLE TRUST - DEFINITIONS.-A charity Is a gift to be applied, consistently with existing laws,...benefit of an Indefinite number of persons, either by brlnein? their hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies from... | |
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A charity, in 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... 
