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death-qualified jury.See JURY. [Blacks Law 8th]

death-penalty sanction.See SANCTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

death  penalty.  1.CAPITAL  PUNISHMENT.  2.  A  penalty  that  makes  a  person  or  entity ineligible  to  participate  in  an  activity  that  the  person  or  entity  previously  participated  in.  •  The penalty is usu. imposed because of some type of gross misconduct. 3. See death-penalty sanction under SANCTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

Death  on  the  High  Seas  Act.A  federal  law,  enacted  in  1920,  permitting  a  wrongful-death action to be  filed in U.S. district court for a death occurring on the  high seas. 46 USCA app. §§ 761–767. — Abbr. DOHSA. [Cases: Death    7, 13. C.J.S. Death §§ 17–18, 28, 32, 36.] [Blacks Law 8th]

death-knell  doctrine.A  rule  allowing  an  interlocutory  appeal  if  precluding  an  appeal  until final judgment would moot the issue on appeal and irreparably injure the appellant’s rights. • Once recognized  as  an  exception  to  the  final-judgment  rule,  the  doctrine  was  limited  by  the  U.S. Supreme Court in Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay, 437 U.S. 463, 98…

death duty.1.DUTY(4).2. See estate tax under TAX. [Blacks Law 8th]

death-damage statute.Archaic. See WRONGFUL-DEATH STATUTE. [Blacks Law 8th]

death certificate.An official document issued by a public registry verifying that a person has died, with information such as the date and time of death, the cause of death, and the signature of the attending or examining physician. [Cases: Health    398.] [Blacks Law 8th]

death  case.  1.  A  criminal  case  in  which  the  death  penalty  may  be  or  has  been  imposed. 2.WRONGFUL-DEATH ACTION.

death by misadventure.See ACCIDENTAL KILLING. [Blacks Law 8th]