(law) A person who would likely stand to inherit under a will, except that the testator did not know of the party or of the relationship at the time the will was written.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pretermit

(law) A child who would likely stand to inherit under a will, except that the testator did not know of the child at the time the will was written, usually because the child was not yet born.

plural of pretermitted heir

(law) A spouse who would likely stand to inherit under a will, but was not included in the will because he or she was not yet married to the testator at the time the will was written.

plural of pretermitted child

plural of pretermission

Omission; failure to do something. / Preterition; the act of passing over; paralipsis.

Before the end.

Prior to termination.