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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
One who endows an InstltiV' tion
One who makes a gift of revenues to a corporation.
10 Co. 33; 1 Bla. Com. 481.
In England, the king is said to be the founder of all civil corporations; and where there is an act of lncoi*poration, he is called the general founder, and he who endows is called the perficient founder.
1 Bla. Com. 481.