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Cy Pres

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

cy pres


[Anglo-French, as near (as possible)]
: a rule in the law of trusts and estates that provides for the interpretation of instruments as nearly as possible in conformity with the intention of the testator when literal construction is illegal, impracticable, or impossible
adv : in accordance with the rule of cy pres




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