 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1886 - 986 páginas
...Hardwicke in Jones v. Williams, 1 Amb. 652. A charity in a legal sense may be more fully described as a gift to be applied, consistently with existing laws, for the bonefit of an indefinite number of persons — cither by bringing their hearts under the influence... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1887 - 1104 páginas
...clear and comprehensive definition in Jackson v. Phillips, 14 Allen, 539. He says: "A charity, in the 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 minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion, by... | |
 | 1919 - 1124 páginas
...414. In so doing, it will suffice to content ourselves with the modern définition of a public charity as "a gift, to be applied consistently with existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds * * * under the influence of education or religion, by relieving... | |
 | Thomas Lewin - 1888 - 870 páginas
...Washington Hospital, 95 US 303; Jackson c. Phillips, 14 Allen, 558. Definition. — " A charity, in the 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 minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion, by... | |
 | Delaware. Court of Chancery - 1889 - 680 páginas
...poor as well as the rich." In Jockson v. Phillips, 14 Allen, 556, Justicf Gray says: "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, either by bringing their hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving... | |
 | 1889 - 952 páginas
...Jackson v. Phillipe, H Allen, 556, a charity was defined by Justice Gray as follows : "A charity, in legal sense, may be more fully defined as a gift to...consistently with existing laws, for the benefit of an indelinitc number of persons«, cither by bringing their minds or heurts under the influence of education... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1889 - 996 páginas
...charity was defined by Justice Gray as follows: "A charity, in legal sense, may be more fully defined aa 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... | |
 | James Henry Flint - 1890 - 612 páginas
...Kyre v. Shafttsbury, 2 P. Wms. 119. $ 269. Definition of a charity.— "A charity in the legal senso may be more fully defined as a gift, to be applied...existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds or hearts under the influence of education <>r religion, by... | |
 | John Adams - 1890 - 850 páginas
...Meaning of Charity." * Mr. Justice Gray, in Jackson v. Phillips, 14 Allen 539, defined a charity asa "gift to be applied consistently with existing laws, for the benefit of an In neither of these senses is it employed by the Court of Chancery, I-*™-| but a signification has... | |
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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,... 
