Definition of "lapse"
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A temporary failure; a slip.
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A decline or fall in standards.
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A pause in continuity.
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An interval of time between events.
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A termination of a right etc, through disuse or neglect.
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A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
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verb:
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To fall away gradually; to subside.
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To fall into error or heresy.
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To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
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To become void.
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