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ademption
[ uh-demp-shuhn ]
noun
Law.
- the failure of a legacy because the subject matter no longer belongs to the testator's estate at death.
ademption
/ əˈɛʃə /
noun
- property law the failure of a specific legacy, as by a testator disposing of the subject matter in his lifetime
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ademption1
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ademption1
C16: from Latin پō- a taking away, from adimere to take away, take to (oneself), from ad- to + emere to buy, take
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After a brief pause, as though Mr. Hill was meditating for a succinct and clear definition, he said,— “I would define transcendentalism as the spiritual cognoscence of psychological irrefragability, connected with concuitant ademption of encolumnient spirituality, and etherealized contention of subsultory concretion.”
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Of the ademption and transference of legacies XXII.
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