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ademption|əˈdɛmʃən| [ad. L. ademptiōn-em n. of action, f. adimĕre: see adeem.] A taking away; mostly in Law, a revocation of a grant, or bequest.
1590H. Swinburn Testaments 277 Ademption is a taking away of the legacie before bequeathed. c1630Jackson Creed iv. v. Wks. III. 42 Whether ademption of equal portions from things equal leave not such equality betwixt them as it found. 1765Burn Eccl. Law iv. 263 If a man gives a portion to his daughter by will, and afterwards advances her with the like sum, it shall go in ademption of the legacy. 1880Muirhead Ulpian xxiv. §29. 420 The words of ademption were to be a repetition of those of bequest, with the addition of a negative. |