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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.