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- Lapsed - imp. & p. p. - of Lapse
- Lapsed - a. - Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses.
- Lapsed - a. - Ineffectual, void, or forfeited; as, a lapsed policy of insurance; a lapsed legacy.
- Lapsed - a. - Ineffectual, void, or forfeited; as, a lapsed policy of insurance; a lapsed legacy.
- Novatian - n. - One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful.
- Relief - n. - A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant.