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The granting or dedication of property in trust for a pious purpose, that is, to some object that tends to the good of mankind, as to support a mosque or caravansary, to provide for support of one's family, kin, or neigh…
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- The granting or dedication of property in trust for a pious purpose, that is, to some object that tends to the good of mankind, as to support a mosque or caravansary, to provide for support of one's family, kin, or neighbors, to benefit some particular person or persons and afterward the poor, etc.; also, the trust so created, or the property in trust.
- The granting or dedication of property in trust for a piouspurpose, that is, to some object that tends to the good of mankind,as to support a mosque or caravansary, to provide for support ofone's family, kin, or neighbors, to benefit some particular person orpersons and afterward the poor, etc.; also, the trust so created, orthe property in trust.