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
a rule that when literal compliance is impossible the intention of a donor or testator should be carried out as nearly as possible
fulfillment of an obligation by a practical substitution in place of an impossible or illegal obligation
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
If six saws saw six cypresses, six hundred saws will saw six hundred cypresses. - Si six scies scient six cyprès, six cent six scies scieront six cent six cyprès.