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anti-lapse statute
n.
A law that provides for the heirs of a devisee to inherit the devisee’s share of an inheritance if the devisee dies before the testator, instead of allowing the bequest to lapse as it would have under common law; e.g., if a mother dies before her father, her children can inherit her share of their grandfather’s estate.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.