Talk:lapse
Latest comment: 3 years ago by Equinox in topic Possible missing sense: a physical slipping or passing
(law) failure to act in time
[edit](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
[edit]- 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.