 | Charles Barton - 1821 - 696 pages
...employed in purposes grounded on charity, might, in change of time, con•trary to the mind of the giver, be confiscated into the king's treasury; for religion...succeeding princes, that which at one time is held for orthodox, may at another be accounted superstitious; and then such lands ase forfeited, by the... | |
 | Leonard Shelford - 1836 - 1090 pages
...omitted in the penning of that act, lest the gifts intended to be employed for purposes grounded upon charity, might, in change of times (contrary to the minds of the givers), be confiscate («) Attorney General v. Oakaver, 2 Marsh. 61, 6 Taunt. 359; See cited 1 Ves. sen. 535,... | |
 | William Robert Augustus Boyle - 1837 - 646 pages
...omitted in the penning of the act, lest the gifts, intended to be employed upon purposes grounded upon charity, might in change of times (contrary to the...succeeding princes, that which at one time is held for orthodox, may at another be accounted superstitious, and then such lands are confiscated, as appears... | |
 | John Reeves, William Francis Finlason - 1869 - 842 pages
...the gifts inienc . i to be employed upon purposes grounded upon charity, might, in chance of tinj- -. contrary to the minds of the givers, be confiscated into the king's treasury ; {•:•! r ligion, being variable according to the pleasure of succeeding princes, that whicu _:... | |
 | Peter Benson Maxwell - 1871 - 382 pages
...was not within its meaning, having been expressly omitted, lest they should be confiscated, since " religion being variable according to the pleasure of succeeding princes," that which was orthodox at one time might be superstitious at another, and so be forfeited — Duke Charit. Uses,... | |
 | Sir Peter Benson Maxwell - 1875 - 500 pages
...was not within its meaning, having been intentionally omitted, less they should be confiscated, since religion being variable according to the pleasure of succeeding princes, that which was orthodox at one time might be superstitious at another, and so be forfeited (c); but such devises... | |
 | F. A. P. Hamilton - 1879 - 218 pages
...omitted in the penning of the Act, lest the gifts intended to be employed upon purposes grounded upon charity might in change of times, contrary to the...succeeding princes, that which at one time is held for orthodox may be at another accounted superstitious, and thus such lands are confiscated." The objection... | |
 | Amherst Daniel Tyssen - 1888 - 658 pages
...lest the gift intended to be employed upon purposes grounded upon charity, might in times of change (contrary to the minds of the givers) be confiscated...succeeding princes, that which at one time is held for orthodox may at another be accounted superstitious, and then such lands are confiscated, as appears... | |
 | Thomas Hughes - 1908 - 692 pages
...Moore, said : ' But a gift of lands to maintain a chaplain or minister, to celebrate Divine worship, is not within the letter or meaning of the statute...confiscated, as appears by the statutes of charities [the Statute of Chauntries], 1 Edw. VI., c. 14.'— Duke on Charities." 19 Infra, (9).— House of... | |
 | Thomas Hughes - 1908 - 692 pages
...Moore, said : ' But a gift of lands to maintain a chaplain or minister, to celebrate Divine worship, is not within the letter or meaning of the statute...confiscated, as appears by the statutes of charities [the Statute of Chauntries], 1 Edw. VI., c. 14.'— Duke on Charities." " Infra, (9).— House of Commons,... | |
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... lest the gifts, intended to be employed upon purposes grounded upon charity, might in change of times (contrary to the minds of the givers) be confiscated into the king's treasury. For religion being variable, according to the pleasure of succeeding... 
