benevolent purposes
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbenevolentandpurpose
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benevolent
adjective
uk/bəˈnev.əl.ənt/us/bəˈnev.əl.ənt/
kind ...
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purpose
noun
uk/ˈpɜː.pəs/us/ˈpɝː.pəs/
why you do something or why ...
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It is that when a man who has taxable property gives it away for somebenevolentpurposeit should escape taxation.
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The half given to benevolent purposes would be subject to the ordinary rules of law applicable to non-charitable gifts.
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The charitable purposes, of course, are charitable, but the benevolent purposes go far wider than charity and, therefore, are not exclusively charitable.
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During his whole life he has been identified with benevolent purposes in a great variety of activities.
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But there is no saying that on a future occasion the precedent would be used for such benevolent purposes.
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There is, for instance, the well-known case of a gift not merely to charitable purposes but to charitable or benevolent purposes.
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Where there is a gift for charitable or benevolent purposes, the whole of it might be applied to benevolent purposes only.
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He says that he gives his property to his trustees or executors for such charitable or benevolent purposes or objects as they shall think fit.
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The words in the will left a quarter of a million pounds to "such charitable or benevolent purposes as my trustees shall select".
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But is that an "association or organisation conducted for charitable or benevolent purposes " in this context, for instance?
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It seems to us that consumer protection problems might arise just as easily where the appeals are not for charitable or benevolent purposes.
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I ought to have said that the qualification is that a society must be carried on wholly for charitable and benevolent purposes.
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How one would have welcomed his making a foolish mistake and giving his property to such charitable or benevolent purposes as his trustees should think fit!
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It is a need or object "of any association or organisation conducted for charitable or benevolent purposes," and the two words hang together as it were.
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Since it might be applied to benevolent purposes only, it need not be applied to charitable purposes and, therefore, it is not a charitable gift at all.
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He was always ready to write and speak for educational, religious, and benevolent purposes, though such action was not calculated to forward his political ambitions.
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I don't believe in people who collect money for benevolent purposes and don't charge for it.
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First the prospective member was instructed by the lodge chaplain as to the benevolent purposes of the organization and the sacred duties of the members thereof.
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