Usually means: Near possible charitable purpose fulfillment.
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  1. cy pres: Merriam-Webster
  2. cy-pres: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cy pres: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cy pres: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cy pres: Vocabulary.com
  6. cy-pres, cy pres: Wiktionary
  7. cy-pres: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. cy pres: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. cy pres: Dictionary.com
  10. cy pres: Rhymezone
  11. cy pres: FreeDictionary.org
  12. cy pres: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. cy pres: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. cy pres: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. cy-pres: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  4. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  7. cy pres: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (cy pres)

noun:  (law) 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.

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