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Webster 1913 Edition
Lapsed
Lapsed
,Adj.
1.
Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; – restricted to figurative uses.
Once more I will renew
His
His
lapsed
powers, though forfeit. Milton.
2.
Ineffectual, void, or forfeited;
as, a
lapsed
policy of insurance; a lapsed
legacy.Lapsed devise
,
Lapsed legacy
(Law)
, a devise, or legacy, which fails to take effect in consequence of the death of the devisee, or legatee, before that of the testator, or for other cause.
Wharton (Law Dict.).
Webster 1828 Edition
Lapsed
LAPS'ED
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