Ademptio
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. [from adimere, to take away, revoke, adeem.] In the civil law. A revocation of a legacy; an ademption.
Inst. 2. 21. pr.
Where it was expressly transferred from one person to another, it was called translatio.
Id. 2. 21. 1. Dig. 34. 4.