This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...may, on any such day, withdraw the child accordingly. CHAPTER VII. Trusts And Bequests. It remains to deal in this chapter with the law specially affecting property devoted to Catholic purposes. We shall consider it under the following headings: --I. General Principles. II. "Superstitious Uses." III. Religious ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...may, on any such day, withdraw the child accordingly. CHAPTER VII. Trusts And Bequests. It remains to deal in this chapter with the law specially affecting property devoted to Catholic purposes. We shall consider it under the following headings: --I. General Principles. II. "Superstitious Uses." III. Religious Communities of Men. IV. How Forbidden Uses may be Validated. V. Mortmain Acts. VI. The Taxation of Charities. VII. The Charity Commission Acts. I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES. Catholics now stand on the same footing as Protestant Nonconformists with respect to property devoted to religious purposes, with two important exceptions. Trusts and bequests in favour of religious orders of men "bound by monastic or religious vows " are illegal and void, owing to the prohibition of these orders in the Emancipation Act; and trusts and bequests for the purpose of obtaining prayers and masses for the dead are also void, being regarded by the Courts as devoted to "superstitious uses." Both these disabilities will be considered later. With regard to trusts and bequests for Catholic purposes which are recognised as lawful, the first point to be observed is, that they are subject to the rule against perpetuities, unless they come within the wide class of exceptions made in favour of purposes which are considered "charitable," in the legal meaning given to that word. The rule against perpetuities, designed to prevent property from being permanently tied up, requires that every use or trust must be so limited as necessarily to vest within a life or lives in being, and a further period of twenty-one years. An exception has, however, always been made by the Court of Chancery in favour of trusts and uses which it considers it for the public b...
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Cover and backing strip scuffed and edgeworn. Library sticker on front cover. Clean pages. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library. With usual stamps and markings. With owner's name inside cover. in poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 850grams, ISBN:
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266p. A dark red-brown cloth hardcover book in good condition. Corners rubbed and bumped. Spine rubbed and bumped, with slight tanning. Pale, spotty staining on front cover. Foxing through first few and last few pages of text block. Otherwise clean and tight. From preface: "The object of this work is to provide for the use of Catholics a Manual of the law specially affecting their religion and their religious interests."
