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has gloss | eng: Ademption is a term used in the law of wills to determine what happens when property bequeathed under a will is no longer in the testators estate when the testator dies. For devises of specific items of property, called specific gifts, the property is adeemed, and the gift fails. If, for example, the will bequeathed the testators car to a specific person, but the testator owned no car at the time of his death, the gift would be adeemed and the beneficiary would receive no gift at all. |
lexicalization | eng: ademption |
instance of | c/Wills and trusts |
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