 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 hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving...  A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators - Page 1121by Sir Edward Vaughan Williams, Walter Vere Vaughan Williams - 1877 - 2560 pagesFull view - About this book
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1905 - 808 pages
...list. In Jackson v. Phillips et al., 9-6 Mass. 539, 566 (1867), Justice Gray says : "A charity, in its legal sense, may be more fully defined as a gift,...existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of parsons, either by bringing their minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion, by... | |
 | 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...for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons * * * by erecting or maintaining public buildings or works or otherwise lessening the burdens of government."... | |
 | 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...for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons by bringing their hearts under the influence of education and religion." The institution known as the... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1920 - 684 pages
...charitable 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,...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
...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...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
...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,...number of persons, either by bringing their minds and hearts under the influence of education or religion ; by relieving their bodies from disease, suffering,... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1873 - 764 pages
...the 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...for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons." And in Fontaine vs. Ravenel, 17th Howard, 384, Judge McLean, in delivering the opinion of the Court,... | |
 | 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...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
...& 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...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
...discussed in a recent case.6 The court here, in defining charitable trusts in the abstract, say it is a gift to be applied, consistently with existing laws,...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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