intermitted

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“The law ensures that the pretermitted heir is treated fairly and receives a portion of the estate as if there was no will in place,” the firm says.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 13, 2025

That Sunday afternoon the whole town pretermitted its afternoon nap and flocked up past the Warren to view the camp.

From Nicky-Nan, Reservist by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

It is true that the over-population was at least as dense in the epoch of lords and ladies, and that nowadays some customs which made Edinburgh notorious of yore have been fortunately pretermitted.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew

Meantime, under the influence of some anodyne which Pete had found in his medicine chest, Mr. Hamlin became quiet and pretermitted his vocal obligato.

From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert

To his lasting credit he pretermitted no effort to prepare his men and steel them against the ordeal, no single care for their creature-comforts.

From Merry-Garden and Other Stories by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir