 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1914 - 768 pages
...the Massachusetts supreme court, in Jadeson v. Phillips, 96 Mass. 539, defines a charity as follows : "A charity in its legal sense may be more fully defined...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, by relieving... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1898 - 924 pages
...instances contained in the statute of JfS Eliz. — in which he says: "A charity, in a legal sense, may be defined as a gift to 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... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1878 - 738 pages
...Snug Harbor, 3 Pet. 115. The object is clear, and it is a charitable one in the legal sense. It is a gift " to be applied consistently with existing laws for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons by bringing their hearts under the influence of education and religion." The institution known... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1920 - 684 pages
...use is found in Jackson v. Phillips, 14 Allen, 556, given by Gray, J., as follows: "A charity, in a legal sense, may be more fully defined as a gift,...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... | |
 | 1899 - 1354 pages
...of the State. A very fair definition is found in Jackson 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... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1870 - 914 pages
...discussed in a recent case.1 The court here, in denning 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... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1873 - 764 pages
...following as the definition of a charity so far as the objects of it are coucerned : "A charity in a legal sense may be more fully defined as a gift to...existing laws) for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons." And in Fontaine vs. Ravenel, 17th Howard, 384, Judge McLean, in delivering the opinion of... | |
 | John Adams - 1873 - 930 pages
...Goulburn, 5 Hare 484 ; 1 Jarm. on Wills 192. 1 See 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, either by bringing their minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion, by... | |
 | GEO. TUCKER BISPHAM - 1874 - 610 pages
...Court of Massachusetts, in the case of Jackson v. Phillips, 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,... | |
 | 1920 - 496 pages
...& S. Ry. Co. v. Williams, USS C 40 Sup. Ct. 71. 15. 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... | |
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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,... 
