单词 | adeem |
释义 | adeemv. Law. transitive. To make ineffective (a specific bequest in a will) by the sale or disposal of the property specifically bequeathed before the death of the testator. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > bequeath by will [verb (transitive)] > revoke a bequest adempt1590 adeem1771 1771 F. Vesey Cases High Court Chancery 2 624 (margin) If testator makes a subsequent disposal of it [sc. the legacy] to another, it is adeemed. 1805 Abridgem. Courts Law & Equity V. 495 The testatrix made a codicil, whereby she adeemed what was given to one of the two. 1845 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. II. 206 Where a specific legacy is so adeemed, the legatee has no longer any claim under the will. 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Ulpian Rules xxiv, in tr. Gaius Institutes 420 A legacy that has been bequeathed may be adeemed either in the same testament or in a codicil confirmed by it. 1929 Harvard Law Rev. 42 960 Ademption no longer depends on the testator's intention to adeem, but on the existence of the specific thing bequeathed. 1969 Univ. Toronto Law Jrnl. 19 387 The Supreme Court of Canada, for example, might have refused to hold that an agreement for sale of land adeems a devise. 2007 A. Burrows Eng. Private Law (ed. 2) vii. 716 Where the subject matter of a specific legacy or a specific devise is no longer part of the testator's property at the time of his death, the gift is adeemed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1771 |
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