Lapse
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
n.
In ecclesiastical law
The transfer, by forfeiture, of a right to present 687 LARCENY quence of some act of negligence by the formere FAy).Partdsd. * In the law of wills. The failure of a testamentary gift in consequence of the death of the devisees or legiutee during the life of the testator. In criminal proceedings, “lapse” is used, in England, in tle same sense as “abate” in ordinary procedure; #4. ¢., to signify that the proceedings came to an end by the death of one of the parties or some other event.