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Living will

noun

A document written by someone still legally capable requesting that he should be allowed to die if subsequently severely disabled or suffering terminal illness.

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"Living will" Quotes from Famous Books

... the smoke-begrimed tombstones. "Here the homes of the dead seem so forsaken, so humble. Death has triumphed. In the Valley the dead were the eternal citizens, their homes were immortal. The dead have no abiding cities here, and even the palaces of the living will be crumbled into powder before Egypt's tombs show any signs of ...

— There was a King in Egypt • Norma Lorimer

... by people who are against the bill, that, if it passes, the cost of living will become much greater. People who are in favor of it say that by preventing goods of foreign manufacture from being brought into the country, our own industries will greatly increase and our trade be ...

— The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 22, April 8, 1897 - A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls • Various

... suddenly you hear voices of friends far behind you calling your name— very, very earnestly. So you turn back, and all at once you come to yourself again. At least it is so if your heart cares to live. But one who is really tired of living will not listen to the voices, and walks on to the temple. And what there happens no man knows, for they who enter that temple never ...

— Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan • Lafcadio Hearn

... second advent of Christ. The parts which the dead and living will have when Christ shall come again. The uncertainty of the time. The need ...

— Bible Studies in the Life of Paul - Historical and Constructive • Henry T. Sell

... suddenly to her thin cheeks. "You say she is out with Captain De Lacy, and you mean me to think that she is to give herself to him. He loves her, I know, but I say she is mine! Her eyes have told me that. She is mine, I tell you, and no man living will take her from me." The fire that always slumbered in his eyes was now blazing in full fury. The great passion of his life was raging through his soul, vibrating in his voice, and glowing in his dark face. Miss St. Clair sat silent, and then motioned ...

— The Man From Glengarry - A Tale Of The Ottawa • Ralph Connor

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