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living will : a document in which the signer indicates preferences or directions for the administration and esp. the withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining medical treatment in the event of terminal illness or permanent unconsciousness see also advance directive compare durable power of attorney at power of attorney ...
will
will 1 : the desire, inclination, or choice of a person or group 2 : the faculty of wishing, choosing, desiring, or intending 3 : a legal declaration of a person's wishes regarding the disposal of his or her property after death ;esp : a formally executed written instrument by which a person makes disposition of his or her estate to take effect after death see also codicil, living will, testament antenuptial will : a will that was executed by a person prior to that person's marriage and is usually revocable by the court if no provision was made for the person's spouse unless an intention not to make such a provision is manifest conditional will : a will intended to take effect upon a certain contingency and usually construed as having absolute force when the language pertaining to the condition suggests a general purpose to make a will counter will : mutual will in this entry holographic will : a will written out in the hand of the testator and accepted as valid in many sta...
Wills
Wills. A will is the valid disposition by a living person, to take effect after his death, of his disposable property. ''But in law ultima voluntas in scriptis is used, where lands or tenements are devised, and testamentum, when it concerneth chattels': Co. Litt. 111 a.Depository of Will of Living Person.-By the (English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 172, replacing s. 91 of the Court of Probate Act, 1857:-There shall, under the control and direction of the High Court, be provided safe and convenient depositories for the custody of the wills of living persons, and any person may deposit his will therein.And see (English) Administration of Justice Act, 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 26), s. 11, as to deposit of wills under control of the High Court.Law before 1838.-The right of testamentary aliena-tion of lands is a matter depending on Act of Parliament. Before 32 Hen. 8, c. 1, a will could not be made of land, and before the Statute of Frauds a will (see NUNCUPATIVE WILL) could be made by word of mouth...
Deposit of wills
Deposit of wills of living persons at the Principal Probate Registry, Somerset House. See WILLS....
Living separately
Living separately, the expression 'living separately', connotes to our mind not living like husband and wife. It has no reference to the place of living. The parties may live under the same roof by force of circumstances, and yet they may not be living as husband and wife. The parties may be living in different houses and yet they could live as husband and wife. What seems to be necessary is that they have no desire to perform marital obligations and with that mental attitude they have been living separately for a period of one year immediately preceding the presentation of the petition, Sureshta Devi v. Om Prakash, AIR 1992 SC 1904 (1907): (1991) 2 SCC 25. [Hindu Marriage Act, (25 of 1955), s. 13B]...
power of attorney
power of attorney :an instrument containing an authorization for one to act as the agent of the principal that terminates esp. upon revocation by the principal or death of the principal or agent called also letter of attorney du·ra·ble power of attorney [dr-ə-bəl-, dyr-] : a power of attorney that becomes effective upon the principal's becoming incompetent or unable to manage his or her affairs and that is often used as a form of advance directive compare living will general power of attorney : a power of attorney authorizing the agent to carry on business or an enterprise for the principal compare special power of attorney in this entry irrevocable power of attorney : a power of attorney that cannot be revoked by the principal special power of attorney : a power of attorney authorizing the agent to carry out a particular business transaction for the principal ...
living will
A document signed by an individual expressing hisher desire that in the event of an illness from which there is no reasonable expectation of recovery aggressive or extraordinary measures to prolong life such as resuscitation and life support equipment should not be used...
Short lived
Not living or lasting long being of short continuance as a short lived race of beings short lived pleasure short lived passion...
Lives
Lives, Estate for. A lease to A. during the life of another or the lives of others was a tenure of very long standing in England, chiefly in the west and north, or where the lease was granted by a corporation, and in Ireland. Now such a lease is either a lease for 90 years determinable by notice after any event determining the term under the original demise as provided by the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 149, if the lease is at a rent or in consideration of a fine, or is a converted copyhold lease for life without right of perpetual renewal under Part V of the (English) L.P.Act, 1922. In all other cases it is an equitable interest and governed by the Settled Land Act,1925. The tenant under the lease was called a tenant pur autre [or auter] vie, and the person during whose life the lease is to last, the cestui que vie. By 18 & 19 Car. 2, there is a prima facie presumption of death after seven years; and by the Cestui que Vie Act,1707 (6 Anne, c. 72), an order may be made by t...
Long lived
Having a long life having constitutional peculiarities which make long life probable lasting long as a long lived tree they are a long lived family long lived prejudices...
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