"Ademption" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
The revocation, recalling, or cancellation of a legacy, according to the apparent intention of the testator, implied by the law from acts done by him in his life, though such acts do not amount to an ex-press revocation of it. Kenaday v. Slnnott, 179 U. S. 606, 21 Sup. Ct 233, 45 L. Ed. 339; Burnham v. Comfort, 108 N. Y. 535, 15 N. E. 710, 2 Am. St Rep. 462; Tanton v. Keller, 167 111. 129, 47 N. E. 376; Cowles v. Cowles, 56 Conn. 240, 13 Atl. 414
The revocation or taking away of a grant donation,
legacy, or the like.
Kitai blinked slowly. "Why would you use the same word for these things? That is ridiculous.""We have a lot of words like that," Tavi said. "They can mean more than one thing.""That is stupid," Kitai said. "It is difficult enough to communicate without making it more complicated with words that mean more than one thing.
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The recall of some pow-er, authority, or thing granted, or a de-atroying or making void of some deed that had …
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