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LIVING WILL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A document written by someone still legally capable requesting that he should be allowed to die if subsequently severely disabled or suffering terminal illness
Example:
after he discovered he had AIDS he drew up a living will
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("living will" is a kind of...):
instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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