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(Lat. instituere, to form, to establish). In Civil Law. The appointment of an heir; the act by which a testator nominates one or more persons to succeed him in all his rights, active and passive. Halifax, Anal. 39; Poth. Tr. des Donations Testamentaires, c. 2, sec. 1, § 1; Civ. Code La. art. 1698; Dig. 28. 5. 1; Id. 1. 28. 6. 1. 2. 4. In Ecclesiastical Law. To become a parson or vicar, four things are necessary, viz., holy orders, presentation, institution, induction. Institution is a kind of investiture of the spiritual part of the benefice; for by institution the care of the souls of the parish is committed to the charge of the clerk, previous to which the oath against simony and of allegiance and supremacy are to be taken. By institution the benefice is full, so that there can be no fresh presentation (except the patron be the king), and the clerk may enter on parsonage house and glebe, and take the tithes; but he cannot grant or let them, or bring an action for them, till induction. See 1 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 389-391; 1 Burns, Ecc. Law, 169-172. In Political Law. A law, rite, or ceremony enjoined by authority as a permanent rule of conduct or of government; as, the Institutions of Lycurgus. Webster. An organized society, established either by law or the authority of individuals, for promoting any*object, public or social. Webster. In Practice. The commencement of an action; as, A. B. has instituted a suit against C. D. to recover damages for trespass.
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(Lat. instituere, to form, to establish). In Civil Law. The appointment of an heir; the act by which a testator nominates one or more persons to succeed him in all his rights, active and passive. Halifax, Anal. 39; Poth. Tr. des Donations Testamentaires, c. 2, sec. 1, § 1; Civ. Code La. art. 1698; Dig. 28. 5. 1; Id. 1. 28. 6. 1. 2. 4. In Ecclesiastical Law. To become a parson or vicar, four things are necessary, viz., holy orders, presentation, institution, induction. Institution is a kind of investiture of the spiritual part of the benefice; for by institution the care of the souls of the parish is committed to the charge of the clerk, previous to which the oath against simony and of allegiance and supremacy are to be taken. By institution the benefice is full, so that there can be no fresh presentation (except the patron be the king), and the clerk may enter on parsonage house and glebe, and take the tithes; but he cannot grant or let them, or bring an action for them, till induction. See 1 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 389-391; 1 Burns, Ecc. Law, 169-172. In Political Law. A law, rite, or ceremony enjoined by authority as a permanent rule of conduct or of government; as, the Institutions of Lycurgus. Webster. An organized society, established either by law or the authority of individuals, for promoting any*object, public or social. Webster. In Practice. The commencement of an action; as, A. B. has instituted a suit against C. D. to recover damages for trespass.
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Institutions Start from Ones Own Home, The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan); July 18, 2011
Public institutions need reform, China Daily; May 10, 2004; Xiao Ming
The “institutions of purely public charity act” refines Pennsylvania’s charitable exemption standards, Pennsylvania CPA Journal; April 1, 1999; Petrell, Jeffrey J
Financial Institutions Fraud, American Criminal Law Review; April 1, 2006; Kiessig, Taylor M Karpf, Benjamin W Linkins, Julie Renee
Cccu Institutions Recognized as Great Places to Work, States News Service; September 17, 2013
International institutions: can interdependence work?(The Frontiers of Knowledge), Foreign Policy; March 22, 1998; Keohane, Robert O.
Institutions for Sustainable Peace: From Research Gaps to New Frontiers, Global Governance; January 1, 2013; Ansorg, Nadine Haass, Felix Strasheim, Julia
Financial institutions fraud, American Criminal Law Review; April 1, 2002; Brenner, Jill Nelson, Brittany Chudd, Daniel
Getting Institutions Right For Women In Development.(Review) (book review), Journal of Asian and African Studies; May 1, 2000; JIRIRA, KWANELE ONA
Financial Institutions in the Year 2000, Business Perspectives; June 22, 1990; Verbrugge, James A.
Religious Institutions: September 2010 Update., Mondaq Business Briefing; September 23, 2010
Financial Institutions And Cloud Computing: An Update From OSFI On Guideline B-10 – Reading Their Message Between The Lines.(Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions), Mondaq Business Briefing; March 8, 2012
Reforming institutions: where to begin?(Report), Pakistan Development Review; September 22, 2009; Khawaja, M. Idrees
Financial Institutions Newsletter – March 2011.(Morris, Manning and Martin LLP appoints Margaret Paradis and
Nicole Ibbotson), Mondaq Business Briefing; March 23, 2011
Financial Institutions to Expand Mobile Banking, Payments in 2012 Reveals Fiserv Survey., Telecommunications Weekly; December 28, 2011
Social Institutions, Encyclopedia of Population; January 1, 2003
Social Institutions: Overview, Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics; January 1, 2005
Financial Institutions Under Scrutiny For E.U. Data Security Breaches: Lessons To Be Learned., Mondaq Business Briefing; August 3, 2007
Institutions on the Edge? Capacity for Governance.(Book Review), The Australian Journal of Politics and History; September 1, 2003; Wear, Rae
Institutions and the Environment.(Book review), Journal of Economic Issues; March 1, 2008; Reardon, Jack
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