What is CHARITY? Definition of CHARITY in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.
The word "charity" may be used in a subjective or an objective sense.
It may mean or apply to:
Accomplishment of some social interest, In re Tollinger's Estate, 349 Pa. 393, 37 A.2d 500, 501, 502. Act or feeling of benevolence, Southern Methodist Hospital and Sanatorium of Tucson v. Wilson, 51 Ariz. 424, 77 P.2d 458. Advancement of purposes beneficial to public, Rabinowitz v. Wollman, 174 Md. 6, 197 A. 566, 568. All good affections men ought to bear towards each other. Morice v. Bishop of Durham, 9 Ves. 399. All which aids man and seeks to improve his condition. Waddell v. Young Women's Christian Ass'n, 133 Ohio St. 601, 15 N.E.2d 140, 142. Almsgiving, In re Rathbone's Estate, 11 N.Y.S.2d 506, 527, 170Misc. 1030. Amelioration of persons in unfortunate circumstances, Second Nat. Bank v. Second Nat. Bank, 171Md. 547, 190 A. 215, 111 A.L.R. 711. An institution founded by a gift and intended for public use as a hospital, library, school, or museum, Southern Methodist Hospital and Sanatorium of Tucson v. Wilson, 51 Ariz. 424, 77 P.2d 458, 460,461. Any purpose in which the public has an interest, Collins v. Lyon, Inc., 181 Va. 230, 24 S.E.2d 572, 580. Any purpose of general benefit untainted by motives of private gain. Stearns v. Association of Bar of City of New York,276 N.Y.S. 390, 395, 154 Misc. 7L Any scheme or effort to better the condition of society or any considerable part thereof. Tharpe v. Central Georgia Council of Boy Scouts of America, 185 Ga. 810, 196 S.E. 762, 764, 116 A.L.R. 373. Assistance to persons in establishing. Bruce v. Young Men's Christian Ass'n, 51 Nev. 372, 277 P. 798, 799; assistance to the needy. Benefit of handcraftsmen. Benefit of an indefinite number of persons, Morgan v. National Trust Bank of Charleston, 331 M. 182, 162 N.E. 888, 890. Benefit of minister. In re Edge's Estate, 288 N.Y.S. 437, 440, 159 Misc. 505. Benevolence, philanthropy, and good will. Santa Fe Lodge No. 460, B. P. 0. E., v. Employment Sec.Commission, 49 N.M. 149, 159 P.2d 312, 315. Benevolent or philanthropic, Beckwith v. Parish, 69 Ga. 569; Price v. Maxwell, 28 Pa. 2.3. Dissemination of knowledge; Christian love, Boruch v. SS. Peter & Paul's Orthodox Russian Church, 111 N.J.L. 116, 166 A. 723. Conferring advantages of a social character. La Societe Francaise De Bienfaisance Mutuelle v. California Employment Commission, 56 Cal.App.2d 534, 133 P.2d 47, 51, 52. Eleemosynary, Collier v. Lindley, 203 Cal. 641, 266 P. 526, 528. General public use which extends to the rich as well as to the poor. Hamilton v. Corvallis General Hospital Ass'n, 146 Or. 168, 30 P.2d 9, 14. Gift for benefit of indefinite number, St. Louis Union Trust Co. v. Burnet, C.C.A., 59 F.2d 922, 926. Gift to the general public use. Maretick v. South Chicago Community Hospital, 297 Ill. App. 488, 17 N.E.2d 1012, 1014. Gift without consideration or expectation of return, State v. Texas Mut. Life Ins. Co. of Texas, Tex.Civ.App., 51 S.W.2d 405, 410. Improvement of man. Boston Symphony Orchestra v. Board of Assessors of City of Boston, Mass., 1 N.E.2d 6, 9. Improvement of spiritual, mental, social and physical conditions. Andrews v. Young Men's Christian Ass'n of Des Moines, 226 Iowa 374, 284 N.W. 186, 192. Lessening burdens of government. Stork v. Schmidt, 129 Neb. 311, 261 N.W. 552, 554. Physical, mental or moral betterment, In re Tollinger's Estate, 349 Pa. 393, 37 A.2d 500, 501, 502. Promotion of government or municipal pur poses, Powers v. First Nat. Bank, Tex.Civ.App., 137 S.W.2d 839, 842. Promotion of happiness of man. Old Colony Trust Co. v. Welch, D.C.Mass., 25 F.Supp. 45, 48. Promotion of philanthropic and humanitarian purposes. Jackson v. Phillips, 14 Allen, Mass., 556. Promotion of well-doing and well being of social man. Krause v. Peoria Housing Authority, 370 Ill. 356, 19 N.E.2d 193, 199. Promotion or fostering science, education, enlightenment, benefit, of mankind, Irwin v. Swinney, D.C.Mo., 44 F.2d 172, 174. Property held for public purposes. St. Louis Union Trust Co. v. Burnet, C.C.A.8, 59 F.2d 922, 927. Public benefit, convenience, utility, or comfort, Camp v. Presbyterian Soc. of Sackets Harbor, 173 N.Y.S. 581, 584, 105 Misc. 139. Reclamation of criminals. Relief of persons in unfortunate circumstances, Second Nat. Bank v. Second Nat. Bank, 171 Md. 547, 190 A. 215, 111 A.L.R. 711. Religious, educational, benevolent, and humanitarian objects. In re Jordan's Estate, 329 Pa. 427, 197 A. 150. Services accorded to the needy. Unselfish things as are wont to be done by those who are animated by love. Bok v. McCaughn, C.C.A.Pa., 42 F.2d 616, 619. What is done out of good will and a desire to add to the improvement of moral, mental, and physical welfare of public. Old Colony Trust Co. v. Welch, D.C.Mass., 25 F.Supp. 45, 48. Whatever is given for love of God or love of your neighbor, free from every consideration that Is personal, private, or selfish. Vidal v. Girard, 2 How. 128, 11 L.Ed. 205, appr. Price v. Maxwell, 28 Pa. 35. Whatever proceeds from sense of moral duty or feeling of kindness and humanity for relief or comfort of another, Doyle v. Railroad Co., 118 Mass. 195, 198, 19 Am. Rep. 431. Uncertainty regarding beneficiaries is distinct feature. Goode's Adm'r v. Goode, 238 Ky. 620, 38 S.W.2d
691, 694.
Foreign Charity
One created or endowed in a state or country foreign to that of the domicile of the benefactor. Taylor's Ex'rs v. Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 34 N.J.Eq. 101.
Public Charity
A charity wherein the benefit is conferred on indefinite persons composing the public or some part of the public. Continental Illinois Nat. Bank& Trust Co. v. Harris, 359 Ill. 86, 194 N.E. 250, 253.
A gift to be applied consistently with existing laws for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, by bringing their minds under the influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies from disease, suffering, or constraint, or by assisting them to establish themselves in life, or by erecting and maintaining public buildings or works, or otherwise lessening the burdens of government. Robinson v. Crutcher, 277 Mo. 1, 209 S.W. 104, 105.
A "purely public charity" which Legislature may exempt from taxation is a charity indiscriminately dispensed to some portion or group of public where ends accomplished are wholly benevolent and are accomplishedwithout profit or gain and, the beneficiaries are saved from becoming burdens upon society and the state. City of Houston v. Scottish Rite Benev. Ass'n, 111 Tex. 191, 230 S. W. 978, 981.
Pure Charity
One which is entirely gratuitous, and which dispenses its benefits without any charge or pecuniary return whatever. See In re Lenox's Estate, Sur., 9 N.Y.S. 895, 31 St.R. 959; Kentucky Female Orphan School v. Louisville, 100 Ky. 470, 36 S.W. 921, 40 L.R.A. 119.
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