ademption
/əˈdɛm(p)ʃn/noun
The action or an act of removing or taking something away; (Law ) the making ineffective of a specific bequest in a will by the sale or disposal of the property specifically bequeathed before the death of the testator.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Henry Swinburne (c1551–1624), ecclesiastical lawyer. From classical Latin ademptiōn-, ademptiō act of taking away, deprivation, removal from adempt-, past participial stem of adimere + -iō. Compare French ademption. Compare adempt, and earlier adempt, adempted.
- uncontested
- uncontestedly
- uncontradicted
- uncontrived
- uncontrollable
- uncontrollableness
- uncontrollably
- uncontrolled
- uncontrolledly
- uncontroversial
- uncontroversially
- uncontroverted
- unconventional
- unconventionalism
- unconventionality
- unconventionally
- unconverted
- unconvinced
- unconvincing
- unconvincingly
- uncooked
- uncool
- uncooperative
- uncooperatively
- uncoordinated