a·demp·tion ( -d mp shn)n. The disposal by a testator of specific property bequeathed in his or her will so as to invalidate the bequest. [Latin ad  mpti , admptin-, a taking away, from admptus, past participle of adimere, to take away : ad-, ad- + emere, to buy, take; see em- in Indo-European roots.] |
ademption [əˈdɛmpʃən]
n
(Law) Property law the failure of a specific legacy, as by a testator disposing of the subject matter in his lifetime
[from Latin ademptiōn- a taking away, from adimere to take away, take to (oneself), from ad- to + emere to buy, take]
Translations
ademption
n (Jur) → Wegfall m (eines Vermächtnisses)
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