Etymology

ademption

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Today it means: In the law of wills, the determination of what happens when property left under a will is no longer in the testator's estate when the testator dies. Full definition →

Latin adēmptiō
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The story

  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromadēmptiō“a taking away”
  2. English todayademption

From Latin adēmptiō (“a taking away”), from adēmptus, perfect passive participle of adimō (“take away”), from ad (“to, towards, at”) + emō (“buy; obtain, take”).

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