 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,...  The American and English Encyclopedia of Law - Page 117edited by - 1887Full view - About this book
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1914 - 768 pages
...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 as a gift to...indefinite number of persons either by bringing their minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies of disease,... | |
 | 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 - 1908 - 726 pages
...case of Jackson v. Phillips, supra, on page 556, defined a charity as follows : "A charity, in the legal sense, may be more fully defined as a gift,...indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies from disease,... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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,...indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds and hearts under the influence of education or religion ; by relieving their bodies from disease,... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1873 - 764 pages
...556, gives 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...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,... | |
 | 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,...indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies from disease,... | |
 | 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...indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds or their hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies from... | |
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