extinction

130) Ademption by satisfaction represents an extension of this policy.

In other words, the Babylonians--like the Commissioners--declined to apply a doctrine of ademption by satisfaction to children.

And so, the ancient Babylonians offered up a refinement of the doctrine of ademption by satisfaction that we should hearken to today--along with a delightful reminder that the problems of inheritance law are well and truly eternal ones.

Similar in spirit is a rule found in the Uniform Probate Code rendering ademption by extinction inapplicable to bequests of property "sold .

198) In other words, the Code adds a rule akin to ademption by satisfaction for bequests created by implication.

The usual doctrine of ademption by satisfaction, covering an express bequest, operates incrementally: a gift in partial satisfaction of a bequest is adeemed pro tanto.