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Anti-Lapse
The payment of a failed testamentary gift to the heirs of the intended beneficiary, when that gift would otherwise pass according to the intestacy laws.

Pennsylvania only applies anti-lapse to testamentary gifts made to the testator's issue, siblings, nieces, or nephews.

See: Lapse