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• LAPSE (Lat. lapses, a slip or departure)

LAPSE (See also:

• LAT

Lat. lapses, a slip or departure)  , in See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, a See also:

• TERM

term used in several senses . (I) In ecclesiastical law, when a See also:

• PATRON

patron has neglected to See also:

• PRESENT

present to a void See also:

• BENEFICE (Lat. beneficium, benefit)

benefice within six months next after the avoidance, the right of presentation is said to See also:

• LAPSE (Lat. lapses, a slip or departure)

lapse . In such See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case the patronage or right of presentation devolves from the neglectful patron to the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop as See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary, to the See also:

• METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

metropolitan as See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior and to the See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign as patron See also:

• PARAMOUNT (Anglo-Fr. paramont, up above, par el mont, up or on top of the mountain)

paramount . (2) The failure of a testamentary disposition in favour of any See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, by See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason of the decease of its See also:

• OBJECT

object in the testator's lifetime, is termed a lapse . See See also:

• LEGACY (Lat. legatum)

LEGACY, WILL .