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Definition of Public trust
1. Noun. A trust created for charitable or religious or educational or scientific purposes.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Public Trust
Literary usage of Public trust
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"... with a public trust. The authorities above KO to establish this. It Is well
established that a town can accept a dedication of land for public purposes. ..."
2. Annual Report by United States Civil Service Commission (1898)
"OFFICE A public trust. civil-service laws are constitutional and valid.
An appointment or employ- in violation of the civil-service laws is illegal, ..."
3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"The term "office" and "public trust" In the Constitution are nearly ... An attorney
or counselor at law holds an office or public trust within the meaning ..."
4. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"Favouring desertion is a disturbance of it. 2. Offences against that branch of
public trust which consists in the management of the ..."
5. Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced by John Bartlett (1906)
"The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public
trust», bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit of an ..."
6. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1913)
"In what I have said above I have assumed that the town held the lot charged with
a public trust. The authorities above go to establish this. ..."
7. The Australian Digest by Judicial Committee, Australia Courts, Law Book Co. of Australasia, Australia, Law Book Company, Great Britain, Privy Council (1899)
"Although by section 33 of The public trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894, moneys
in or payable into the public trustee's account arc to be deemed to be ..."
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