Lapsed
a.- Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses.
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Ineffectual, void, or forfeited;
as, a lapsed policy of insurance; alapsed legacy.
a devise, or legacy, which fails to take effect in consequence of the death of the devisee, or legatee, before that of the testator, or for other cause.

