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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Cypres

/(s?`pr?" [or] s?`pr?s")/ · Cy·pres · IPA
01 n. A rule for construing written instruments so as to conform as nearly to the intention of the parties as is consistent with law.
  1. 1.
    A rule for construing written instruments so as to conform as nearly to the intention of the parties as is consistent with law.(Law)