Lapse
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
A slip, omission; the forfeiture of a right to present to a benefice by the patron's negligence, The failure of a testamentary disposition by reason of the death of the legatee before the testator; a lapsed devise or legacy.