A plural or variant form of cypre, referring to multiple cypress trees or an old French legal term meaning a final judgment.
From Old French cypres, which served as both the plural of cypre (the tree) and a legal term meaning 'it is ended' or 'the case is closed,' deriving from Latin expressus (expressed or finished).
In medieval law, 'cypres' became a technical term—when a legal case was over, lawyers literally said 'cypres' (it's finished), which is why it became the name for a final judgment that couldn't be appealed.
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