Talk:lapse

(law) failure to act in time

(law) a failure to exercise a right within a specific period of time, e.g. the failure to buy a property before the termination of an option to buy
Microsoft® Encarta® 2009

--Backinstadiums (talk) 17:31, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Possible missing sense: a physical slipping or passing

• 1895, S. R. Crockett, A Cry Across the Black Water

  Grace bent to her oars with a springing verve and force which made the tubby little boat draw towards the shore, the whispering lapse of water gliding under its sides all the while.

Equinox ◑ 13:52, 19 August 2021 (UTC)