n. the act of adeeming, which is revoking (getting rid of) a gift...

[Latin ademptio, from adimere to take away, from ad to + emere to buy, obtain] 1 : the revocation of a gift in a will inferred from the disposal (as by sale) of the property by the maker of the will . [..]

Ademption is the act of revoking a gift mentioned in a will by destruction, or selling or giving away the gift before death. It is the failure of bequest of property in a will. Ademption may occur whe [..]

Failure of a gift because the will-maker, by the time of death, no longer owns the property that the will-maker attempted to bequeath in the will.

n. the act of adeeming, which is revoking (getting rid of) a gift mentioned in a will by destruction, or selling or giving away the gift before death.

(legal) In the law of wills, the determination of what happens when property left under a will is no longer in the testator's estate when the testator dies.