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TAKE THE QUIZanti-lapse statute
noun
an·ti-lapse statute
ˌan-ˌtī-ˈlaps-, ˌan-tē-
: 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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