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anti-lapse en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English lapse English anti-lapse From anti- + lapse.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) 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.