Nonexistence - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: nonexistenceNonexistence
The state of not existing absence of existence the negation of being usually used with reference to existince in the real world or logical possiblity as the nonexistence of vaporware does not go unnoticed long...
extinguish
extinguish 1 : to cause the nonexistence of : do away with 2 : to cause (as a claim or right) to be void : nullify 3 : to get rid of (a debt or other liability) by payment or other compensatory adjustment ex·tin·guish·able adj ex·tin·guish·ment n ...
fictitious person
fictitious person : a supposed but in fact nonexistent person referred to in some legal documents or proceedings ;also : fictitious payee ...
insane delusion
insane delusion : a false belief in a nonexistent state of facts in which no rational person would believe that deprives a person of the capacity to make a will and renders any will made invalid ...
wrongful life
wrongful life : a malpractice claim brought by or on behalf of a child born with a birth defect alleging that he or she would never have been born if not for the negligent advice or treatment provided to the parents by a physician or health-care provider ;also : the life or injury at issue in such a claim [recovery for wrongful life] NOTE: Wrongful life claims have usually been rejected by the courts. The injury is not the birth defect, but the life itself, and courts are reluctant to declare life an injury. A specific calculation of damages for wrongful life would entail affixing a monetary value to the difference between life in an impaired state and nonexistence. There is no legally established right not to be born. ...
existing
having existence or being or actuality as much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran Opposite of nonexistent...
expended
nonexistent or unavailable as a consequence of use or exchange...
Inexistant
Inexistent nonexistent not existing...
no goal
a nonexistent goal as he lived without a reason progressing toward no goal...
Nonentity
Nonexistence the negation of being...
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