Revocation of a legacy, one associated with Piedmont organisation

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n. (context legal English) In the law of wills, the determination of what happens when property left under a will is no longer in the testator's estate when the testator dies.

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Ademption , or ademption by extinction , is a common law doctrine used in the law of wills to determine what happens when property bequeathed under a will is no longer in the testator 's estate at the time of the testator's death. For a devise (bequest) ...

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Ademption \A*demp"tion\ ([.a]*d[e^]mp"sh[u^]n), n. [L. ademptio, fr. adimere, ademptum, to take away; ad + emere to buy, orig. to take.] (Law) The revocation or taking away of a grant, donation, legacy, or the like. --Bouvier.