anti-lapse

See also: antilapse

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ lapse

Adjective

anti-lapse (not comparable)

  1. (law) 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.

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