Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Extinct

adj. 1. No longer in existence or use. 2. (Of a debt) lacking a claimant. extinctive fact See FACT.

Extincto subjecto, tollitur adjunctum

When the substance is gone, the adjunct disappears.

ademption by extinction.

An ademption that occurs because the property specifically described in the will is not in the estate at the testator's death.

extinctive fact

A fact that divests a right by destroying it. - Also termed destitutive fact; ablative fact.

extinctive prescription

See PRESCRIPTION (3).