Living Will: A declaration that states an individual's decisions about artificial-life support. Also known as a medical directive or advance directive.
Living Will definition:
A document that sets out guidelines for dealing with life-sustaining medical procedures in the eventuality of the signatory's sudden debilitation.
The Appellate Court of Illinois, in a 1992 case In Re CA, wrote: ...
Living Will
(n) Living will is the document authorizing any person to decide the termination of life by withdrawing the life sustaining medical supports when the testor is critically ill and incapable of taking any decision.
Living Will
A living will, also known as an "advance directive" is a document which usually takes the form of a written statement setting out in advance what types of medical treatment the maker of the will does or does not desire to receive in ...
Living Will
Considered an "advance directive" plan, a living will is a legal document that expresses your intentions about whether extraordinary life-support should be maintained by your physicians in the event you are in a terminal condition or ...
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 ...
Living Will: A document which authorizes a person's healthcare provider to withdraw or withhold life-sustaining procedures if the person has a terminal condition with no reasonable hope of survival.
LIVING WILL: Also known as a medical directive or advance directive. A written document that states a person's wishes regarding life-support or other medical treatment in certain circumstances, usually when death is imminent.
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living will
n. also called "a durable power of attorney," it is a document authorized by statutes in which a person appoints someone as his/her proxy or representative to make decisions on maintaining extraordinary life support if the person ...
Living will
A document setting up guidelines for dealing with heroic measures and life-sustaining medical procedures in the eventuality of the signatory's sudden debilitation.
See living will.
adverse possession
A means by which one can legally take another's property without paying for it.
See living will; durable power of attorney for healthcare.
Holographic will
A will that is completely handwritten, dated and signed by the person making it.
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Many states' living will laws prevent those who have a financial interest in the estate of the declarant (devisees) from being witnesses to a living will.
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Living will A document which governs the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from an individual in the event of an incurable or irreversible condition that will cause death within a relatively short time, ...
It may consist of detailed instructions about medical treatment, as in a living will; or the appointment of a proxy, or substitute, who will make the difficult choices regarding medical care with the patient's earlier directions in mind.
Different types of advance directives exist. Some, such a living will, give instructions on which measures can be used to prolong life. Others simply name a surrogate decision-maker for medical questions.
: 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
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method, of a terminally-ill or severely debilitated person through the omission (intentionally withholding a life-saving medical procedure, also known as "passive euthanasia") or commission of an act ("active euthanasia'). See also living will.
See also living will. Evidence Proof of fact(s) presented at a trial. The best and most common method is by oral testimony; where you have an eye-witness swear to tell the truth and to then relate to the court (or jury) their experience.
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