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Foundation

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

The founding or building of a college or hospital. The incorporation or endowment of a college or hospital is the foundation; and he who endows it with land or other property is the founder.

Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat.-667, 4 In Ed. 629; Seagrave's Appeal, 125 Pn. 362, 17 Atl. 412; Union Baptist Ass'n v. Hunn, 7 Tex. Civ. App. 249, 26 S. W. 755.