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INFORMATION, (continued).

abatement of, 427.

all persons interested in subject of the suit must be parties to, 430.
where particular persons must be parties to, 431, 432.

whether all parties liable to payment of rent charge for charity
must be made parties to, 433-437.

directions will be given for establishing charities notwithstand-
ing informality in, 444.

want of form in, will not be overlooked to the prejudice of de-
fendants, 446.

court cannot consider whether information is beneficial or not,
except with reference to costs, 989.

forms of, 892-943.

INHABITANTS (POOR),

See CONTENTS, xvi.

INJUNCTION,

will be granted to prevent trustees from doing acts detrimental
to charity, 415.

when refused for restraining the granting of leases, 696.

mode by which their property is transmitted, ib.
how visited, 392.

general rule as to, on legacies to charities, 239.

charged on balances at 51. per cent., when, ib.

CITED.

JEWS (continued).

may be objects of charitable trusts, 107.

not objects of Bedford grammar-school, ib.

whether the stat. 53 Geo. III. c. 160, extends to, quære, 106,

JUDGMENT,

n. (m).

bequest of money secured by, to charity is void, 164.

JURISDICTION,

the Court of Chancery has not, over charities founded by charter,
268.

origin of, to proceed by information, 268, 269, 277, n.

by commission of charitable uses, to what cases it does not ex-
tend, 292-294.

extends to cases where governors are trustees of funds, 295.
of chancery excluded where there is a special visitor, 346.

when the Court of Chancery has not, 408.

of chancery with respect to protestant dissenters, 415.
TITION, VISITATION.

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exemption of charities from, in acts relating to, 790.
may be redeemed on payment of what consideration, 791.
hospital, when exempted from, ib.

buildings in a college, when exempted from, ib.

all corporations and trustees for charities may contract for re-
demption of, 792.

trustees of charities may sell, &c. lands for redeeming, ib.
governors of charity for relief of widows and children of clergy-
men, with consent of land tax commissioners, may sell
lands given by will for redeeming, ib.

may be redeemed out of rates, 793.

out of property applicable to charities, ib.

out of legacies given to charities, ib.

money may be given by will for redeeming land tax on charities,

ib. 241.

lands belonging to charities may be sold and mortgaged for re-
deeming, 793.

corporations and trustees for charities may redeem land tax
charged on glebe lands, &c. 794.

in contracts for redemption of, direction may be inserted that
lands redeemed shall not be subject to rent-charge, ib.
proviso where there is no such direction, ib.

memorial to commissioners, when to be presented, 795.
several small charities have been exonerated from, ib.

LAND TAX (continued).

sales of, by corporations and trustees for charities confirmed,
where part of the tithes, &c. sold may not have been
rated to, ib.

where tenants at rack-rent are bound to pay land tax on lands
exonerated from, the amount shall be considered as
rent reserved, 796.

LEASES,

by municipal corporations restrained, 678.

by ecclesiastical persons, 680.

by hospitals, 681.

with covenants for perpetual renewal, when void, 682, 683.
established in pursuance of an award, ib.

contract by college to grant, not enforced, when, 685.
under an unlimited power, not set aside, 686.

Of Estates belonging to Charities,

long lease decreed by court of equity not set aside, 689.
with covenants for renewal, when sustained, 691.

where granted according to usual practice and upon reason-
able terms, 692.

for lives on payment of fine and small rent according to custom
of the country, not set aside, 694.

mode of granting, sometimes left to decision of master, 695.
which cannot be sustained, 697.

where granted at undervalue, ib.

for an unreasonable long term, 698.

for 99 years, for purposes of husbandry, 699.

persons taking and granting, bound to show reasonableness of
terms of, 700.

set aside although person granting was not a naked trustee,
701.

mode of granting, how directed, 702.

directed to be cancelled in toto, 703.

on setting aside, allowance will be made for lasting improvements,
when and when not, ib.

directions of founder as to, how far to be observed, 704.

notice to lessee that estate belongs to charity, not notice of breach
of trust, 705.

how far underlessees will be affected by setting aside original,

706.

mere length of term not always ground for setting aside, ib.
inquiry directed to be made by master as to reasonableness of
terms of granting, ib.

persons incapable of taking, 707.

of lands given for the maintenance of highways, 708.
miscellaneous points relating to, 709.

LEASEHOLDS,

bequests of, to charities, void, 154.

See TIMBER.

legatee of, entitled to benefit of void condition in favour of cha-

rity, 214.

LEASEHOLDS (continued).

specific bequest of, for charity, held to fall into general residue,

214.

executors held to be trustees of, for crown, where testator had
no next of kin, 213.

LEEDS GRAMMAR-SCHOOL,

commercial education not introduced into, 631-633.

LEGACY,

substituted, payable out of same fund as original, 164.
principle in the case of specific, 596.

demonstrative, what, ib.

not adeemed by receipt of particular things enumerated, 597.
See BEQUESTS.

LEGACY DUTY,

payable on bequests to charities, 773.
statutes imposing, ib.

certain articles exempted from, 774.

all legacies, whether to individuals or to bodies corporate or
societies, liable to, 775.

bequest to distribute sums in 10l. or 157. when and when not
liable to, 776.

bequests for a numerous body held liable to, 777.

LENGTH OF TIME,

an important circumstance against setting aside transactions re-
specting charities, 563, 565, 601, 689.

LICENSES IN MORTMAIN,

LIEN,

antiquity of, 35.

origin of right of the crown to grant, 35, 36.
how obtained, 37.

when considered necessary, 38.

act of parliament enabling the crown to grant, 39.

effect of, 40.

do not determine by death of king, ib.

charters of incorporation usually contain a limited license to
purchase lands, ib.

usually limit the amount in value of lands, 41.

how obtained, ib.

must be obtained by colleges taking by devise, 251.
form of, 891.

of vendor for unpaid purchase money, is an interest in land
within 9 Geo. II. c. 36, p. 163.

LIMITATIONS (STATUTE OF),

does not apply in cases of charity, 286, 563, 564, 601, 689. See

2 Vern. 399.

provision in new act as to recovery of arrears of rent and in-
terest, 455, n. (w).

LONDON,

devise by freeman according to the custom of, not within the
statute of mortmain, 9, 257.

LUNATIC,

when visitor, the right of visitation to be exercised by lord
chancellor, 341.

LUNATIC ASYLUMS,

visitors of county, may take and hold lands, 49.

for counties, how to be assessed for taxes and rates, 785.

MAJORITY,

M.

of persons incorporated may do any corporate act, 722.
of persons entrusted with powers of general nature may bind
minority, 725.

of vicar and churchwardens may elect schoolmaster, when, 726.
of trustees of charity may elect schoolmaster, 727.

of electors may rescind an election, when, 728.

MANDAMUS (WRIT OF),

issues from King's Bench, 381.

supplies the want of another remedy, ib.

party applying for, must make out legal right, ib.

will not be granted unless party has no other specific remedy, ib.
refused for admitting a stipendiary curate by nominee, 382.

lies for restoring to offices having certain rights, ib.

to restore party to his academical degrees, 383.

to admit a dissenting minister to the use of his chapel, ib.

to justices to allow dissenting minister to take oaths, 384.
party applying for, must show prima facie title, 385.

granted to compel warden of college to affix seal to an answer in
chancery, ib.

to visitor to admit one of two persons master of a college, 386.
will lie to compel visitor to hear an appeal, 388-390.

will not lie to restore a fellow of a college, 392.

Return to,

nor to admit a barrister, ib.

nor to control discretion of benchers of inns of court in
admitting members, ib.

nor to admit a doctor of civil law, 393.

nor for examination of a doctor of physic, ib.

nor to compel visitor's officer to execute sentence, ib.

nor to trustees of charity to increase allowance to objects
of charity, 394.

must state sufficient reason for not obeying, 395.

may be general, that there is a visitor, ib.

for restoring a schoolmaster, what should be stated in, 396.

held insufficient where there was no statement that party had

been summoned, 397.

by ordinary, that he had suspended party until submission to
examination, 397.

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