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Lapse definition: an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard.
A lapse is a moment or instance of bad behaviour by someone who usually behaves well. Thai : การพลั้งเผลอ If you lapse into a quiet or inactive state, you stop talking or being active.
LAPSE meaning: 1 : an occurrence in which you fail to think or act in the usual or proper way for a brief time and make a mistake often + in often + of; 2 : an occurrence in which someone behaves badly for usually a short period of time
Jun 21, 2022 · Lapse: A lapse is the cessation of a privilege, right or policy due to time or inaction, so a lapse of a privilege due to inaction occurs when the party that is to receive the benefit does not ...
lapse. 1) v. to fail to occur, particularly a gift made in a will. 2) v. to become non-operative. 3) n. the termination of a gift made by will or for future distribution from a trust, caused by the death of the person to whom the gift was intended (the beneficiary, legatee, devisee) prior to the death of the person making the will or creating ...
Mar 30, 2022 · First up: lapse and ademption. Both lapse and ademption describe ways in which a gift made in a will can fail. Lapse is the term used to describe a gift that fails because the beneficiary cannot accept it. Most commonly, this happens when a beneficiary was alive at the time the will was executed, but passed away before the testator.
Jun 14, 2024 · lapsed: [adjective] having ceased to be active in practice, membership, or belief.
