Masses, Devises and Bequests for (United States)

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• Devises and Bequests For Masses (United States) —     Devises and Bequests for Masses (United States)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Devises and Bequests for Masses (United States)     Prior to the period of the Reformation in England in 1532, Masses for the repose of the souls of the donors of… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Charitable Bequests —     Civil Law Concerning Charitable Bequests     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Civil Law Concerning Charitable Bequests     The word charity, as employed by the courts and used as descriptive of uses and trusts which will he upheld as charitable, has …   Catholic encyclopedia

• State of New York —     State of New York     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► State of New York     One of the thirteen colonies of Great Britain, which on 4 July, 1776, adopted the Declaration of Independence and became the United States of America.     BOUNDARIES AND… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Mortmain — • History and details of the laws Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Mortmain     Mortmain     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Illinois — • One of the United States of America, bounded on the north by Wisconsin, on the west by the Mississippi, which separates it from Iowa and Missouri, on the south by the confluent waters of the Mississippi and the Ohio, which separate it from… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Legal history of wills — Wills in the Ancient WorldThe will, if not purely Roman in origin, at least owes to Roman law its complete development, a development which in most European countries was greatly aided at a later period by ecclesiastics versed in Roman law. In… …   Wikipedia

• Missouri — • The State of Missouri was carved out of the Louisiana Territory, and derives its name from the principal river flowing through its center Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Missouri     Missouri …   Catholic encyclopedia

• California — • Includes history, population, education, resources, and religion Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. California     California     † …   Catholic encyclopedia