Definition of Adeem

1. v. t. To revoke, as a legacy, grant, etc., or to satisfy it by some other gift.

Definition of Adeem

1. Verb. (legal) To revoke, as a legacy, grant, etc., or to satisfy it by some other gift. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Adeem

1. to take away [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adeem

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adductor reflex
adductor tubercle
adductores
adductors
adducts
addulce
addulced
addulces
addulcing
addy
ade
adecatumumab
adeciduate
adecticous
adeem (current term)
adeemed
adeeming
adeems
adefovir dipivoxil
adelantadillo
adelantadillos
adelaster
adeles
adelgid
adelgids
adelic
adeling
adelings
adelite

Literary usage of Adeem

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law of Wills by Isaac Fletcher Redfield (1866)
"Pledging or mortgaging goods specifically bequeathed, will not adeem legacy. 11. ... Mere partition of estate no such change of title as to adeem bequest. ..."

2. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1890)
"... advance unless shown that the advance was made on account of the legacy and intended to adeem it, or that the legacy was given for a particular purpose, ..."

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