| NOUN | communication | living will | a document written by someone still legally capable requesting that he should be allowed to die if subsequently severely disabled or suffering terminal illness |
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| Meaning | A document written by someone still legally capable requesting that he should be allowed to die if subsequently severely disabled or suffering terminal illness. | |
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| Example | "after he discovered he had AIDS he drew up a living will" | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Broader | legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument | (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right |
| Spanish | testamento vital | |
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