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Charity

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

A charitable gift or bequest; a gift or bequest to charitable uses or purposes. See Charitable. Described by Lord Camden as " a gift to a general public use, which extends to the rich as well as to the poor."

Ambl. 651. See 2 Story's Eq. Jur. ch. 32.

U. S. Digest and Supplement, Charities and Charitable Uses.