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CHARITABLE INSTITUTION Definition & Legal Meaning

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One administering a public or private charity; an eleemosynary institution. See People v. Fitch, 10 Misc. Rep. 464, 39 N. Y. Supp. 920; Balch v. Shaw. 174 Mass. 144, 54 N. 10. 490; People v. New York Soc., etc., 1G2 N. Y. 429, 50 N. E. 1004; In re Vineland Historical, etc., Soc.. 06 N. J. Eq. 291, 56 Atl. 1040

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