English - English
Definition of cy pres in English English dictionary
- In the law governing charitable trusts, the doctrine that a court may direct the funds of the trust to a best alternative, to be chosen when the original beneficiary is no longer a choice
- a rule that when literal compliance is impossible the intention of a donor or testator should be carried out as nearly as possible
- fulfillment of an obligation by a practical substitution in place of an impossible or illegal obligation
- cy-près
- In the law governing charitable trusts, the doctrine that a court may direct the funds of the trust to a best alternative, to be chosen when the original beneficiary is no longer a choice
- cypres
- Automatic Activation Device for opening the reserve parachute if the jumper fails to
- cypres
- A type of AAD Made by AirTech of Germany, this is the most common type of AAD and the first modern design to be widely adopted by expert skydivers
- cypres
- A rule for construing written instruments so as to conform as nearly to the intention of the parties as is consistent with law
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French - English
Definition of cy pres in French English dictionary
- cyprès
- {n} cypress, type of tree
- cyprès
- cypress
If six saws saw six cypresses, six hundred saws will saw six hundred cypresses.
-Si six scies scient six cyprès, six cent six scies scieront six cent six cyprès.
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French - Turkish
Definition of cy pres in French Turkish dictionary
- cyprès
- selvi ağacı
- cyprès
- [le] servi