"Betterment" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
An improvement put upon an estate whlch enhances its value more than mere repairs. The term is also applied to denote the additional value which an estate acquires in consequence of some public improvement, ns laying out or widening a street, etc. French v. New York, 16
A making better; amendment; improvement.
An improvement of an estate which renders it better
than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural.
And no wonder; for the new technique of "subliminal projection," as it was called, was intimately associated with mass entertainment, and in the life of civilized human beings massed entertainment now plays a part comparable to that played in the Middle Ages be religion.
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A pious man who had reached the age of 105 suddenly stopped going to synagogue. Alarmed by the old fellow's absence after so many years of faithful attendance the Rabbi went to see him. He found him in excellent health, so the Rabbi asked, "How come after all these years we don't see you at services anymore?"The old man looked around and lowered his voice. "I'll tell you, Rabbi," he whispered. "When I got to be 90, I expected God to take me any day. But then I got to be 95, then 100, then 105. So I figured that God is very busy and must've forgotten about me, and I don't want to remind Him!"
A valuable addition made to property (usually real estate) or an amelioration in its condition, amounting to more than mere …
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Read the complete definitionIn Scotch law. Improvements of an estate, other than mere re-pairs; betterments. 1 Bell, Comm. 73. occasionally used in English …
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