fund
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code, Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Definitions from Case Law
From 424 U.S. 1 - Buckley v. Valeo · 1976Most cited · 10,511 citing opinions
the Presidential Election Campaign Fund established by section 9006(a).
United States Code
2 U.S.C. § 1102 — in this chapter
The term “fund” means the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development Trust Fund provided for under section 1105 of this title.
5 U.S.C. § 8331 — in this section
“Fund” means the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund;
5 U.S.C. § 8401 — in this section
the term “Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund” or “Fund” means the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund under section 8348;
6 U.S.C. § 187 — in this section (2 versions over time)
The term “Fund” means the Acceleration Fund for Research and Development of Homeland Security Technologies established in subsection (c).
7 U.S.C. § 2008J — in this section
The term “Fund” means the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Revolving Fund established under subsection (e) of this section.
7 U.S.C. § 26 — in this section
The term “Fund” means the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Customer Protection Fund established under subsection (g).
7 U.S.C. § 4531 — for purposes of this subchapter (2 versions over time)
the term “Fund” means the Dairy Research Trust Fund established by section 4536 of this title;
7 U.S.C. § 5901 — for purposes of this subchapter
The term “Fund” means the Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Revolving Fund.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
“Merely a name for a collection or an appropriation of money. It may be nothing but a designation of one branch of the accounts of the state; or of a certain amount of money, when collected to be applied to a particular purpose. It may have no property and represent no investments; and what are called its revenues may Include all the moneys appropriated or directed to be paid to it, or for its benefit, or that of the objects it represents.” People V. R. Co., 34 Barb. (N. Y.) 135. See Stephens’ Ex’rs v. Milnor, 24 N. J. Eq. 358; • 7 H. L. Cas. 273; Miller v. Bradish, 69 la. 278, 28 N. W. 594.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
n. A sum of money set apart for a specific purpose or available for the payment of debts or claims.
In its narrower and more usual sense, "fund" signifies "capital," as opposed to "interest" or "income ;" as where we speak of a corporation funding the arrears of interest due on its bands, or the like, meaning that the interest is capitalized and made to bear interest in its turn until it is repaid. Sweet. In the plural, this word has a variety of slightly different meanings, as follows: 1. Money in hand; cash; money available for the payment of a debt, legacy, etc. Galena Ins. Ch v. Kupfer, 28 Ili. 335, 81 Am. Dec. 284. 2., The proceeds of sales of real and personal estate, or the proceeds of any other assets converted into money. Doane v. Insurance Co., 43 N. J. Eq. 533, 11 Atl. 739. 3. Corporate stocks or government securities; in this sense usually spoken of as the "funds." 4. Assets, securities, bonds, or revenue of a state or government appropriated for the discharge of its debts.
— Public funds. An untechnical name for
(1) the revenue or money of a government, state, or municipal corporation;
(2) the bonds, stocks, or other securities of a national or state government.
— Sinking fund. The aggregate of sums of money (as those arising from particular taxes or sources of revenue) set apart and invested, usually at fixed intervnis, for the extinguishment of the debt of a government or corporation, by the accumulation of interest. Elser v. Ft. Worth (Tex. Civ. App.) 27 S. W. 740; Union Pac. R. Co. v. Buffalo County Com'rs, 9 Neb. 449, 4 N. W. 53; Brooke v. Philadelphia, 162 Pa. 123, 29 Atl. 387, 24 In R. A. 781.
— General fund. This phrase, in New York, is a collective designation of all the assets of the state which furnish the means for the support of government and for defraying the discretionary appropriations of the legislature. People v. Orange County Sup'rs, 27 Barb. (N. Y.) 575, 588.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
n. A sum of money set apart for In its narrower and more usual sense, “fund” signifies “capital,” as opposed to “interest” or *income;” as where we speak of a corporation funding the arrears of interest due on its bonds, or the like, meaning that the iutcrest is capitalized and made to bear interest in its turn until it is repaid. Sweet.