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anti-lapse

anti-lapse adjective: of or relating to a statute that abrogates the common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.

Adjective

anti-lapse (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a statute that abrogates the common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.

Origin of anti-lapse

From anti- + lapse.

Questions about anti-lapse

What does anti-lapse mean?
Anti-lapse means of or relating to a statute that abrogates the common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
What part of speech is anti-lapse?
Anti-lapse is an adjective.

Words near anti-lapse in the dictionary

  1. anti-knock index
  2. anti-knock indexes
  3. anti-knowledge
  4. anti-labor
  5. anti-labour
  6. anti-lapse
  7. anti-leadership
  8. Anti-Lebanon
  9. anti-legalism
  10. anti-LGBT
  11. anti-liberal

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