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ademption The complete or partial extinction or withholding of a legacy (but not of a devise of real estate) by some act of the testator during his life other than revocation by a testamentary instrument; e.g. the sale of an object specifically bequeathed. Where a father or person in loco parentis provides a portion by his will by a legacy, and subsequently in his life makes or covenants to make another gift also amounting to a portion, the legacy is adeemed, either wholly or in part. |