#inheritance law
- Ademption — The implied revocation or extinguishment of a specific testamentary bequest, which occurs when the specific property left by the will is no longer found in the testator's estate at the time of their death. This legal phenomenon takes place either through the voluntary alienation of the property by the testator or through its destruction or radical transformation, making the testamentary provision obsolete.
- Ancestor — A person from whom someone is descended, considered in relation to previous generations; a forerunner, ancestor, or predecessor within a family genealogical lineage. In inheritance law and history, it represents a past family member from whom property titles, privileges, or lineage characteristics are inherited.
- Ascendants — Persons from whom another is directly descended by birth, representing the previous generations of a family (parents, grandparents, great-grandparents); ancestors or forebears. In civil and inheritance law, they are classified into privileged ascendants (parents) and ordinary ascendants (grandparents, great-grandparents), having specific legal rights to the deceased's estate.