- eleemosynary purpose
- A charitable purpose. A "charitable purpose" as such term is used and understood in treatises and decisions upon the subject of trusts. Estate of Wirt (Cal App) 263 P 271, 272.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
eleemosynary purpose
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