§ 60-601. "Charity" defined.  


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  • As used in this act, the term "charity" means any gift, to be applied consistently with law, for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, through the provision of facilities or aid in any way to education or educational activities or the advancement and diffusion of science and learning, to religion or religious activities, to the relief or comfort of the poor, the sick, or the afflicted, to the public welfare in any form, to the support or aid of the government or of any program or activity of the government, state, local, or national, or to any other form of activity directed toward the improvement and happiness of man or society.

Added by Laws 1965, c. 87, § 1, emerg. eff. May 5, 1965.