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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