lapse
31lapse — Synonyms and related words: abeyance, about face, advance, alchemy, apostasy, apostatize, assimilation, assumption, atavism, atheism, atrocity, backing, backset, backslide, backsliding, backward deviation, backward motion, backward step, balk, be …
32lapse — I To glide; to pass slowly, silently, or by degrees. To slip; to deviate from the proper path. To fall or fail. Life & Casualty Ins. Co. of Tennessee v. Wheeler, 265 Ky. 269, 96 S.W.2d 753, 755. See also expiration termination II The termination… …
33lapse — I To glide; to pass slowly, silently, or by degrees. To slip; to deviate from the proper path. To fall or fail. Life & Casualty Ins. Co. of Tennessee v. Wheeler, 265 Ky. 269, 96 S.W.2d 753, 755. See also expiration termination II The termination… …
34lapse — n. & v. n. 1 a slight error; a slip of memory etc. 2 a weak or careless decline into an inferior state. 3 (foll. by of) an interval or passage of time (after a lapse of three years). 4 Law the termination of a right or privilege through disuse or …
35lapse — See elapse. See elapse, lapse …
36lapse — noun 1》 a brief failure of concentration, memory, or judgement. ↘a decline from previously high standards. 2》 an interval of time. 3》 Law the termination of a right or privilege through disuse or failure to follow appropriate procedures. verb …
37Lapse and anti-lapse — are complementary concepts under the law of wills, which address the disposition of property that is willed to someone who dies before the testator (the writer of the will).LapseLapse is a common law rule that if the person to whom property is… …
38lapse of time — ˌlapse of ˈtime noun [uncountable] LAW when a contract is ended because both groups involved do not finish what they stated they would do before an agreed time limit * * * lapse of time UK US noun ► [C, usually singular] (also time lapse) a… …
39lapse of gift — the failure of a testamentary gift as a result of the death of the beneficiary in the testator s lifetime; also, in the case of a gift to a spouse, failure of the gift as a result of the annulment or dissolution of marriage. . . . the word lapse… …
40lapse statute — See: antilapse statute Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates → Wills Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009 …
