equitable approximation doctrine

equitable approximation doctrine
The principle applied in a few cases whereby a testamentary gift is saved from defeat by the rule against perpetuities by the contrived reasoning that the intent of the testator was that the donee should have the property and that the time of vesting of the property in the donee was a matter of subordinate consequence. Anno: 95 ALR2d 808. See cy pres.

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