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  2. Benefactive case - Wikipedia

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    The benefactive case expresses that the referent of the noun it marks receives the benefit of the situation expressed by the clause. This meaning is often incorporated in a dative case. In Latin this type of dative is called the dativus commodi. An example of a language with a benefactive case is Basque, which has a benefactive case ending in ...

  3. Benefactor (law) - Wikipedia

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    A benefactor (from Latin bene 'good' and factor 'maker') is a person who gives some form of help to benefit a person, group or organization (the beneficiary), often gifting a monetary contribution in the form of an endowment to help a cause.

  4. Beneficiary - Wikipedia

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    A beneficiary in the broadest sense is a natural person or other legal entity who receives money or other benefits from a benefactor. For example, the beneficiary of a life insurance policy is the person who receives the payment of the amount of insurance after the death of the insured. In trust law, beneficiaries are also known as cestui que use.

  5. Consideration under American law - Wikipedia

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    The first is "benefit-detriment theory," in which a contract must be either to the benefit of the promisor or to the detriment of the promisee to constitute consideration (though detriment to the promisee is the essential and invariable test of the existence of a consideration rather than whether it can be constituted by benefit to the promisor ...

  6. List of philanthropists - Wikipedia

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    Marija Trandafil – benefactor of education, medicine and welfare in Novi Sad; Mary Fels (1863-1953) – founder of Joseph Fels International Commission; Mary Lee Ware – principal sponsor of the Harvard Museum of Natural History's famous Glass Flowers exhibit; a key player in the creation of the New Hampshire Rhododendron State Park

  7. Great Expectations - Wikipedia

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    Abel Magwitch, the convict, who escapes from a prison ship, whom Pip treats kindly, and who becomes Pip's benefactor. Magwitch uses the aliases "Provis" and "Mr. Campbell" when he returns to England from exile in Australia. He is a lesser actor in crime with Compeyson, but gains a longer sentence in an apparent application of justice by social ...

  8. Benefit corporation - Wikipedia

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    For example, in the state of Indiana, there is no requirement for certification from a third party needed to operate as a benefit corporation. [8] Other research has indicated a synergy between a benefit corporation and employee ownership.

  9. Community benefits agreement - Wikipedia

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    However, there are examples of legislative CBA requirements attached to subsidies that impose community benefit standards on land within particular districts. For example, developers participating in the Atlanta Beltline project that opt to use tax increment financing are required to incorporate community benefits through a development or ...