Cy Pres Doctrine

  

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Cy Pres Doctrine

Definition: Cy Pres Doctrine

Cy Pres Doctrine

Noun

1. A rule that when literal compliance is impossible the intention of a donor or testator should be carried out as nearly as possible.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Cy Pres Doctrine

Synonyms: cy pres (n), rule of cy pres (n). (additional references)

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Anagrams: Cy Pres Doctrine

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-d-e-e-i-n-o-p-r-r-s-t-y"

-3 letters: conscripted, copresident, decryptions, preconcerts.

-4 letters: cointerred, coresident, cornetcies, coscripted, deceptions, decryption, descriptor, disconcert, dysenteric, intercrops, interposed, interposer, necropsied, precentors, preconcert, predictors, presidency, receptions, reconsider, rinderpest, terpenoids.

-5 letters: centroids, cerotypes, cicerones, codirects, codpieces, conceders, conceited, concerted, concreted, concretes, conscript, conspired, copesetic, copresent, coprinces, copyedits, corrected, creditors, crescendi, crescendo, crispened, croceines, deception, decretory, depicters, depictors.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Cy Pres Doctrine


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 79      50 72 65 73      44 6F 63 74 72 69 6E 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01111001 00100000 01010000 01110010 01100101 01110011 00100000 01000100 01101111 01100011 01110100 01110010 01101001 01101110 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#121 &#32 &#80 &#114 &#101 &#115 &#32 &#68 &#111 &#99 &#116 &#114 &#105 &#110 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0079      0050 0072 0065 0073      0044 006F 0063 0074 0072 0069 006E 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

379125084718523881698684758071

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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