"Cy-Pres" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL
As near as [possible.] The rule of cy-prcs is a rule for the construction of instruments in equity, by which the inteu-tion of the party ls carried out os near as mag be, when it would be impossible or ille-gal to give it literal efTect. Thus, where a testator attempts to create a perpetuity, the court will endeavor, Instead of making tbe devise entirely void, to explain the will in such a way as to carry out the testator's gen-eral Intention as far as the rule against per-petuitles wlll allow. So ln the case of be-quests to charitable uses; aud particularly where the language used ls so vague or un-certalu that the testator’s design must be sought by construction. See 6 Cruise, Dig. 165; 1 Spence, Eq. Jur. 532; Taylor v. Keep, 2 111. App. 383; Beekman v. Bonsor. 23 N. Y. 308, 80 Am. Dec. 269; Jackson v. Brown, 13 wend. (N. Y.) 445; Doyle v. whalen, 87
It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions. They have their place in heaven also.
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A grizzled old man was eating in a truck stop when three Hell's Angels' bikers walked in. The first walked up to the old man, pushed his cigarette into the old man's pie and then took a seat at the counter. The second walked up to the old man, spat into the old man's milk and then he too took a seat at the counter. The third walked up to the old man, turned over the old man's plate, and then he took a seat at the counter. Without a word of protest, the old man quietly left the diner. Shortly thereafter, one of the bikers said to the waitress, "Humph, not much of a man, was he?" The waitress replied, "Not much of a truck driver either, he just backed his big-rig over three motorcycles."
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