The University of Kentucky located at Lexington, is recognized as established and maintained. It is the institution that was founded under the land grant of 1862 by the Congress of the United States under the corporate designation and title of "Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky." The university shall be maintained by the state with such endowments, incomes, buildings and equipment as will enable it to do work such as is done in other institutions of corresponding rank, both undergraduate and postgraduate, and embracing the work of instruction as well as research.
KRS 164.100
University of Kentucky recognized
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Withers v. University of Kentucky (1997)
Most recently applied in Withers v. University of Kentucky (February 1997)
Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky
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