Common law In common law jurisdictions the cy-près doctrine (pronounced as "sigh-PRAY") is a legal
doctrine of
Courts of
equity. The term can be translated (from French to English) as "as near as possible" or "as near as may be."When the original objective of the settlor or the testator became impossible, impracticable, or illegal to perform, the cy-près doctrine allows the
court to amend the terms of the
charitable trust as closely as possible to the original intention of the
testator or
settlor, to prevent the trust from failing.
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As near as may be': a technical word used in the law of trusts or of wills to refer to a power that the courts have to, rather than void the document, to literal construction would give the document illegal, impracticable or impossible effect. - (
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