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The commencement or initiation of anything, such as an action. An establishment, particularly one that is eleemosynary or public by nature. An institution can be any type of organized corporation or society. It may be private and designed for the profit of the individuals composing it, or public and nonprofit. INSTITUTION, eccl. law. The act by which the ordinary commits the cure of souls to a person presented to a benefice. INSTITUTION, political law. That which has been established and settled by law for the public good; as, the American institutions guaranty to the citizens all privileges and immunities essential to freedom. INSTITUTION, practice. The commencement of an action; as, A B has instituted a suit against C D, to recover damages for a trespass. |
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