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* Benevolence *

BENEVOLENCE - The doing a kind action to another, from mere good will, without any legal obligation. It is a moral duty only, and it cannot be enforced by law. A good man is benevolent to the poor, but no law can compel him to be so.

English Law. An aid given by the subjects to the king under a pretended gratuity, but in realty it was an extortion and imposition.
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