institution

institution
The act of instituting or establishing something. Something that has been established, particularly a place where an educational or charitable enterprise is conducted. Trustees of Kentucky Female Orphan School v Louisville, 100 Ky 470, 36 SW 921. A school, library, hospital, or auditorium, provided by a municipal corporation. 38 Am J1st Mun Corp §§ 559 et seq. A charitable institution for the reformation of girls and women does not become a "State institution" or a governmental agency, so as to become immune from liability for the torts of its employees, simply because the state law authorizes a magistrate to commit a girl to its custody. Gallon v House of Good Shepherd, 158 Mich 361, 122 NW 631. See institute.

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  • institution — [ ɛ̃stitysjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1190; lat. institutio I ♦ 1 ♦ Rare Action d instituer. ⇒ création, établissement, fondation. L institution d une fête annuelle, d une commission d enquête. L institution du calendrier grégorien en 1582. « l institution du… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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  • institution — Institution. s. f. v. Action par laquelle on instituë, on establit. L Institution des jeux Olympiques. l institution d un tel Ordre. l institution des Pairs de France, du Parlement. les paroles sont de l institution des hommes. c est une loüable …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

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  • Institution — (v. lat. Institutio), 1) Einsetzung, Einrichtung, bes. die politischen Einrichtungen eines Staates, welche die Rechte u. Freiheiten der Staatsbürger der Regierung gegenüber garantiren sollen; 2) Beförderung zu einem Amte od. einer Kirchenpfründe; …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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