ADEMPTIO
Categories: Property
Definition (1910 Edition)
Origin: Civil Law
story on an old building is not an addition. Updike v. Skillman, 27 N. J. Law, 132.
Lat. In the civil law. A revocation of a legacy; an ademption. Inst. 2, 21, pr. Where it was expressly transferred from one person to another, it was called translaiio. Id. 2, 21,1; Dig. 34, 4.
Lat. In the civil law. A revocation of a legacy; an ademption. Inst. 2, 21, pr. Where it was expressly transferred from one person to another, it was called translaiio. Id. 2, 21,1; Dig. 34, 4.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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