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anti–lapse statute
noun
an·ti–lapse statute
\ˌan-ˌtī-ˈlaps-, ˌan-tē-\
Legal Definition of anti–lapse statute
: a statute providing that in the event a person who would have received a gift under a will dies before the person who made the will dies then the gift is distributed to the heirs of the person who would have received the gift — compare lapse
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