The Cypres doctrine

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....the law will substitute another mode cy-pres, that is, as near as possible to the mode specified by the donor. An application cy-pres results from the exercise of the court's ordinary jurisdiction to administer a charitable trust of which the particular mode of application has not been defined by the donor. Where he has in fact prescribed a particular mode of application and that mode is incapab....