The trustees may apply to change the core purpose of the trust, which while enacted through a scheme, follows the doctrine of Cy-près. Cy-pres doctrine. The doctrine of cy-pres is a form of variation of trusts; it allows the original purpose of the trust to be altered. ...

Advancement is a common law doctrine of intestate succession that presumes that gifts given to a person's heir during that person's life are intended as an advance on what that heir would inherit upon the death of the parent. Not to be confused with an advance of someone's expected distribution from an estate currently in probate.