charitable bequest

  • 1charitable bequest — A bequest is charitable if its aims and accomplishments are of religious, educational, political, or general social interest to mankind and if the ultimate recipients constitute either the community as a whole or an unascertainable and indefinite …

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  • 2charitable bequest — A bequest is charitable if its aims and accomplishments are of religious, educational, political, or general social interest to mankind and if the ultimate recipients constitute either the community as a whole or an unascertainable and indefinite …

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  • 3bequest — /bakwest/ A gift (transfer) by will of personal property; a legacy. Disposition of realty in will is termed devise. See also charitable bequest demonstrative bequest devise general bequest legacy …

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  • 4bequest — /bakwest/ A gift (transfer) by will of personal property; a legacy. Disposition of realty in will is termed devise. See also charitable bequest demonstrative bequest devise general bequest legacy …

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  • 5Charitable Bequests —     Civil Law Concerning Charitable Bequests     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Civil Law Concerning Charitable Bequests     The word charity, as employed by the courts and used as descriptive of uses and trusts which will he upheld as charitable, has …

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  • 6Bequest For Masses (Canada) —     Bequests for Masses (Canada)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Bequests for Masses (Canada)     The law governing bequests, being concerned with property and civil rights , falls within the legislative competency of the provincial legislatures,… …

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  • 7bequest — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ generous, large ▪ The library has received a generous bequest from a local businessman. ▪ charitable VERB + BEQUEST ▪ leave (sb) …

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  • 8Charitable remainder unitrust — Part of a series on Taxation Taxation in the United States …

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  • 9charitable — adj. Charitable is used with these nouns: ↑act, ↑bequest, ↑cause, ↑contribution, ↑deduction, ↑donation, ↑foundation, ↑fund, ↑institution, ↑organization, ↑status, ↑ …

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  • 10Bequests For Masses (England) —     Bequests for Masses (England)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Bequests for Masses (England)     Before the Reformation dispositions of property, whether real or personal, for the purposes of Masses, were valid, unless where, in the case of real …

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