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ADEMPTION [4 records]

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Record 1 2014-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

Failure of legacy. A legacy may fail for a number of reasons, e. g. uncertainty, illegality, death of the legatee in the testator's lifetime, ademption, satisfaction, attestation of the will by the legatee, disclaimer, and non-fulfilment of a condition. [Williams’ "Law Relating to Wills, "5th, p. 190].

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

Acception restreinte. Le verbe correspondant (fail) peut se rendre en français par «tomber».

OBS

défaillance : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Estates (common law)
DEF

The complete or partial failure of a specific legacy due to the loss or disposal or the subject matter during the lifetime of the testator.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

Le syntagme verbal correspondant "to be adeemed" peut se rendre en français par «s'éteindre» ou «être éteint».

OBS

extinction: terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO)

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

A legacy may fail for a number of reasons, e. g. uncertainty, illegality, death of the legatee in the testator's lifetime, ademption, satisfaction, attestation of the will by the legatee, disclaimer, and non-fulfilment of a condition.(Williams’ "Law Relating to Wills", 5th ed., 1980, p. 190.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

Le terme (fail) est considéré ici en tant qu'il se rapporte à une libéralité («gift», «bequest», «devise», «legacy»...).

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

Specific legacies are adeemed if the specific thing bequeathed ceases to belong, and does not again come to belong, to the testator before his death. (Jowitt’s, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 47)

OBS

Voir aussi le terme suivant qui présente un complément d’information utile ou un apparentement avec le terme en vedette :ademption.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

Extrait du Vocabulaire bilingue de la Common Law - Droit successoral - (Terminologie française normalisée dans le cadre du Programme de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles)

Spanish

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