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Definitions for Doctrine of lapse. Doctrine of lapse. The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General for the East India Company in India between 1848 and 1856.
Lapse Law and Legal Definition. Lapse is the failure of something to become operative. Lapse may refer to the failure to make a gift made in a will or a future distribution from a trust, caused by the death of the person to whom the gift was intended prior to the death of the person making the will or creating the trust.