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adjective
approaching death, at one's end, at the conclusion of life, at the last stage, at the point of death, at the termination of life, during the last moments of life, dying, expiring, in one's last moments, in the final moments of life, in the jaws of death, moribund, near death, near one's end, on one's deathbed, passing away, terminally ill, under a sense of impending death
associated concepts: dying declaration, gift causa mortis
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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adv.(Latin) At the outermost limits; at the point of death; in extreme difficulty.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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'in the final illness'.
Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001.
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Facing imminent death.Category: Criminal LawCategory: Small Claims Court & LawsuitsCategory: Wills, Trusts & Estates
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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Latin Upon the point of dying.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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(Latin: In extremity.)A term used in reference to the last illness prior to death.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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[Latin, In extremity.] A term used in reference to the last illness prior to death.II At point of death; in extremity.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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[in ex-tree-miss]adj.from Latin, facing imminent death.
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.
