Legal Definition and Related Resources of Lapse

Meaning of Lapse

The termination or failure of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within some limit of time; or through failure of some contingency. The failure of a testamentary gift.

Lapse Alternative Definition

To glide; to pass slowly, silently, or by degrees, to slip; to deviate from the proper path. Webster. See Lapsed Devise; Lapsed Legacy. In Ecclesiastical Law. The transfer, by forfeiture, of a right to present or collate to a vacant benefice from a person vested with such right to another, in consequence of some act of negligence by the former. Ayliffe, Par. 331. Upon six months’ neglect of the patron, the right lapses to the bishop; upon six months’ neglect of bishop, to archbishop; upon his six months’ neglect, to king. The day on which the vacancy occurs is not counted, and the six months are calculated as a half-year. 2 Burn, Ecc. Law 355.

What does Lapse mean?

Termination of insurance for non-payment of premium

Synonyms of Lapse

(Break), noun

fuga
hiatus
interlude
interruption
lull
pause
recess
Associated Concepts: devise
lapsed
legacy

(Cease), verb

abate
become forfeit
become void
come to an end
complete
conclude
discontinue
end
expire
pass to anotner
relinquish
reverti
run out
stop
terminateforeign phrases: Accusator post rationabile tempus non est audiendus
nisi se bene de omissione excusaverit
An accuser ought not to be heard after the lapse of a reasonable time
unless he can account satisfactorily for his delay

(Expiration), noun

decline
default
delinquency
dereliction
error
error
expiry
failure
inconstancy
lapsus
misdeed
misstep
mistake
negligence
peccatum
recreancy
regression
relapse
rétrogradation
retrogression
reversion
secession
shortcoming
slip
termination Associated Concepts: lapsed bequest
lapsed devise
lapsed legacy
lapsed license
lapsed policy

(Fall into error), verb

be at fault
commit an error
deviate from the proper path
deviate from virtue
do wrong
err
errare
fail
fall from grace
go astray
go awry
misbehave
misstep
peccare
slip
slip from virtue
stray
transgress
trespass
weaken

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Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Lapse

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mid-15c., “elapsing of time, expiration;” also “temporary forfeiture of a legal right” due to some failure or non-action by the holder, from Middle French laps “lapse,” from Latin lapsus “a slipping and falling, a landslide; flight (of time); falling into error,” from labi “to glide, slip, slide, sink, fall; decline, go to ruin,” which is of unknown etymology. Meaning “moral transgression, sin” is from c. 1500; that of “slip of the memory” is 1520s; that of “a falling away from one’s faith” is from 1650s.

Meaning of Lapse in the Past

The transfer, by forfeiture, of a right or power to present or collate to a vacant benefice, from, a person vested with such right, to another, as a result of some act of negligence of the former. Ayl. Parerg. 331.[1]

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Partialy, this information about lapse is based on the BouvierÂ´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the BouvierÂ´s Law Dictionary, includ
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