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Lapse

Lapse [fr. lapsus, Lat.], error; failing in duty. (1) A benefice is said to lapse when

lege nature utendum est [Lat.], laws imposed by the State failing, we must act by the law of nature.

still in use to meet the cases where a plaintiff failing to prove a special contract to pay him a particular

a provision for imprisonment or fine in case the employee fails to provide labour or service or it may even be

misunderstanding of an opponent's position, manifested by an argument that fails to address the opponent's point; the overlooking of an opponent's

imposes a penalty upon any person who after receiving notice fails to extinguish or screen any fire or light that may

it if it be capable of remedy. If the parties fail to come to terms, and the lessor seek to enforce

service or even by personal delivery, the interpretative process would fail to cope up with the change of time. If the

performance of a duty by another, in case he should fail to perform his engagement. An offer to guarantee until it

to the former's desertion, or by consent, and the husband fails to maintain her, she has an irrevocable authority, as an