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As nearly as possible
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Possibility
Possibility, expectation, an uncertain thing which may or may not happen. It is either near, or ordinary, as where an estate is limited to one after the death of another; or remote, or extraordinary, as where...
cy pres
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
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Cy-pres
to fail but would execute it 'cy press', that is to say, in some way as nearly as possible to that which the author of the trust intended, Patilal Panachamal Gandhi v. State, AIR 1954 SC 388 … from unavioiable circumstances, and without any fault of the party, it is sufficient that it is complied with as nearly as it practically can be, i.e., cy-pres. This modification is derived from the Civil Law, and stands upon
Closehauled
Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows having the sails trimmed for sailing as close
Tax
said to be:- (1) The subjects of every State ought to contribute to the support of the Government as nearly as possible in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively
Crack loo
pitching coins to or towards the ceiling of a room so that they shall fall as near as possible to a certain crack in the floor
Cy-press Doctrine
a charitable trust is initially impossible and the Court applies the property 'Cy-press' i.e. to some other charities as nearly as possible, resembling the original trust; N.S.R. Mudaliar v. M.S.V. Mudaliar, (1970) 1 SCC 12; R.P. Gandhi v.
Fees and taxes
'that they should be defrayed by the general contribution of the whole society, all the different members contributing as nearly as possible in proportion to their respective abilities'. These, as he afterward explains, are taxes. On the other
Wills
Wills. A will is the valid disposition by a living person, to take effect after his death, of his disposable property. ''But in law ultima voluntas in scriptis is used, where lands or tenements are devised,...
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