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The cy-près doctrine (/ ˌ s iː ˈ p r eɪ / see-PRAY; Law French, lit. ' so close ', modern French: si près or aussi près) is a legal doctrine which allows a court to amend a legal document to enforce it "as near as possible" to the original intent of the instrument, in situations where it becomes impossible, impracticable, or illegal to enforce it under its original terms.
The cy-pres doctrine in English law is an element of trusts law that deals with charitable trusts.The doctrine states that when such a trust has failed because its purposes are either impossible or cannot be fulfilled, the High Court of Justice or the Charity Commission can issue an order redirecting the trust's funds to the nearest possible purpose.
The law of Cyprus ( Greek: Κυπριακό Δίκαιο, romanized : Kypriakó Díkaio) is a legal system which applies within the Republic of Cyprus. Although Cypriot law is extensively codified, it is still heavily based on English common law in the sense that the fundamental principle of precedent applies.
PEO, the Pancyprian Federation of Labour ( Greek: Παγκύπρια Εργατική Ομοσπονδία, Turkish: Tüm Kıbrıs İşçi Federasyonu ), is an umbrella organization for trade unions in Cyprus, which evolved from PSE ( Greek: Παγκύπρια Συντεχνιακή Επιτροπή ). It was instrumental in the 1948 strikes in ...
The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus ( UNFICYP) is a United Nations peacekeeping force that was established under United Nations Security Council Resolution 186 in 1964 to prevent a recurrence of fighting following intercommunal violence between the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, to contribute to the maintenance and restoration ...
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, ( Greek: Επιτροπή Κεφαλαιαγοράς) better known as CySEC, is the financial regulatory agency of Cyprus. As an EU member state, CySEC's financial regulations and operations comply with the European MiFID financial harmonization law. A significant number of overseas retail forex ...
List of ministers of labour and social insurance of the Republic of Cyprus since the independence in 1960: Minister. Began. Ended. Polykarpos Yiorkatzis. 5 May, 1960. 15 August, 1960. Tassos Papadopoulos. 16 August, 1960.
Politics of Cyprus. The Council of Ministers is the executive branch of the Cypriot government, consisting of ministers. The council is chaired by the President of Cyprus and the ministers head executive departments of the government. The President and his ministers administer the government and the various public services .