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Definition: Wakf
Wakf
\Wakf\ (w[u^]kf), n. [Ar. waqf.] (Moham. Law)
The granting or dedication of property in trust for a pious
purpose, that is, to some object that tends to the good of
mankind, as to support a mosque or caravansary, to provide
for support of one's family, kin, or neighbors, to benefit
some particular person or persons and afterward the poor,
etc.; also, the trust so created, or the property in trust.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]