 | Anthony Highmore - 1809 - 648 σελίδες
...Chcpstow, forAmb. osi. the use of the inhabitants for ever. Lord Chancellor Camden defined charity to be a gift to a general public use, which extends to the poor as well as to the rich ; of which there are many instances in the statute 43 Eliz. as for building bridges, &c.... | |
 | Peter Lovelass - 1823 - 470 σελίδες
...within the statute of mortmain as a public charitable use. — Lord Chancellor. Definition of a charity; a gift to a general public use, which extends to the poor as well as to the rich; many instances in the statute 43 Eliz. carrying this idea, as for building bridges, &c.... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Chancery, William Johnson - 1824 - 748 σελίδες
...mortmain, because it was to arise out of land ; but Lord Chancellor Camden defined a charity to be, " a gift to a general public use, which extends to the poor as well as the rich ;" many instances in the statute of 43 'KHz. carrying this idea, as for building bridges, Sic. Where... | |
 | William Ward - 1826 - 536 σελίδες
...the benefit of the donor; and that all other gifts shall be void. A charity has been defined to be a gift to a general public use, which extends to the poor as well as to the rich.c The preamble to the statute of Elizabeth regarding charitable uses,d specifies as such,... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1827 - 916 σελίδες
...these senses is it used by the statutes of mortmain. Lord chancellor C'ambden defined charity to be a gift to a general public use, which extends to the poor as well as the rich, of which there are many instances in the statute 43 Eliz. c. 4., as for building bridges, &c. Highmore... | |
 | Leonard Shelford - 1836 - 1090 σελίδες
...advancement of objects of general public utility. 2. Gifts to the poor. ,] Charity has been defined to be a gift to a general public use, which extends to the poor as well as to the rich (y). Poverty is the principal and essential circumstance for bringing a gift within the... | |
 | Francis Stack Murphy, Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, Great Britain. Court of Exchequer - 1838 - 416 σελίδες
...of the inhabitants for ever : Lord Camden, in giving judgment, says, " The definition of charity is, a gift to a general public use, which extends to the poor as well as the rich; and there are many instances of the statute of 43rd Eliz. carrying this idea, as for building bridges,... | |
 | Isaac Fletcher Redfield - 1866 - 1102 σελίδες
...heir-at-law will be entitled. Sweeting v. Sweeting, 12 W. Rep. 239; sc 10 Jur. N. s. 31. " Amb. 651. " a gift to a general public use, which extends to the poor as well as the rich," comes as near the truth, probably, as any one, and this was here attempted to be vindicated, by the... | |
 | GEO. TUCKER BISPHAM - 1874 - 610 σελίδες
...adopted by Chancellor Kent, by Lord Lyndhurst, and by the Supreme Court of the United States — " a gift to a general public use, which extends to the poor as well as the rich."4 Mr. Justice Grey, in the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, in the case of Jackson v. Phillips,... | |
 | Massachusetts. Commission on Taxation, 1874-1875 - 1875 - 634 σελίδες
...or public spirit may prompt individuals to share this public interest. All such trusts are gifts " to a general public use, which extends to the poor as well as the rich," to quote Lord Camden's definition of a chnrity in the legal sense. They are gifts for the benefit of... | |
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A gift to a general public use, which extends to the poor as well as the rich. 
