Charitable Bequests, Civil Law Concerning

Charitable Bequests, Civil Law Concerning
Charitable Bequests, Civil Law Concerning
A charity, in the legal sense of the term, may be defined as a gift to be applied consistently with existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies from disease, suffering, or constraint, by assisting them to establish themselves in life, or by erecting and maintaining public buildings or works or otherwise lessening the burdens of the government

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