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civil death

civil death : the status of a living person equivalent in its legal consequences to natural death ;specif : deprivation

death tax : a tax assessed on the transfer of property (as an estate, inheritance, legacy, or succession) after

Black death, the great pestilence which visited England and other parts of Europe about the middle of the fourteenth century.

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Pressing of death. See PEINE FORTE ET DURE.

Burning to death, an ancient punishment (1) of women for petty treason, last inflicted for murder of a husband in 1726;

Brain-stem death, means the stage at which all functions of the brain-stem have permanently and irreversibly ceased and is so

Boiling to death, the punishment for poisoning inflicted by 22 Hen. 8, c. 9, repealed by 1 Edw. 6, c. 12.

death warrant see warrant

death sentence see sentence

death knell exception : a rule of procedure allowing immediate review of an interlocutory order when denial of review

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