Ademption

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ademption \A*demp"tion\ ([.a]*d[e^]mp"sh[u^]n), n. [L. ademptio,
     fr. adimere, ademptum, to take away; ad + emere to buy, orig.
     to take.] (Law)
     The revocation or taking away of a grant, donation, legacy,
     or the like. --Bouvier.
     [1913 Webster] Aden



From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ADEMPTION, wills. A taking away or revocation of a legacy, by the testator.
       2. It is either express or implied. It is the former when revoked in
  express terms by a codicil or later will; it is implied when by the acts of
  the testator it is manifestly his intention to revoke it; for example, when
  a specific legacy of, a chattel is made, and afterwards the testator sells
  it; or if a father makes provision for a child by his will and afterwards
  gives to such child, if a daughter, a portion in marriage; or, if a son, a
  sum of money to establish him in life, provided such portion or sum of money
  be equal to or greater than the legacy. 2 Fonbl. 368 et, seq. Toll. Ex. 320;
  1 Vern. R. by Raithby, 85 n. and the cases there cited. 1 Roper, Leg. 237,
  256, for, the distinction between specific and general legacies.