LIVING WILL

Pronunciation (US):

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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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