1. The revocation or cancellation of a bequest or gift made in a will, either by the testator's destruction of the property or by a later will.
Usage: legal term; primarily used in estate law and probate

Examples

• The ademption of the house from the will occurred when the testator sold the property before his death.
• In estate law, ademption can happen when a specific item left to a beneficiary is no longer part of the estate.
• The court ruled that the ademption was valid because the testator had intentionally disposed of the gifted asset.
• Ademption by extinction occurs when the specific property mentioned in the will no longer exists at the time of the testator's death.
• The lawyer explained that ademption differs from other forms of will modification because it involves the actual removal of property rather than a written change.