anti-lapse statute
- A law that ensures if a beneficiary who was to receive a bequest under a will passes away before the will maker, the bequest is to be given to the deceased beneficiary's heirs
- The anti-lapse statute came into effect, passing the property to the beneficiary's children after the beneficiary passed away before the testator.
- The inheritance was distributed in line with the anti-lapse statute since the beneficiary passed away prior to the person who created the will.
- Due to the anti-lapse statute, the intended receiver's heirs received the gift, as they died before the individual who made the will.
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