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death benefit.See BENEFIT. [Blacks Law 8th]

deathbed deed.See DEED. [Blacks Law 8th]

deathbed declaration.See dying declaration under DECLARATION(6). [Blacks Law 8th]

death action.See WRONGFUL-DEATH ACTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

death, contemplation of.See CONTEMPLATION OF DEATH. [Blacks Law 8th]

death.  The  ending  of  life;  the  cessation  of  all  vital  functions  and  signs.  —  Also  termed decease; demise. accidental  death.A  death  that  results  from  an  unusual  event,  one  that  was  not  voluntary, intended, expected, or foreseeable. brain death.The bodily condition of showing no response to external stimuli, no spontaneous movements,  no breathing,  no reflexes, and…

de assisa proroganda (dee <<schwa>>-sI-z<<schwa>> proh-r<<schwa>>-gan-d<< schwa>>), n.[Law Latin “of the proroguing of an assize”] Hist. A writ ordering justices to postpone an assize because a party is busy in the Crown’s service. [Blacks Law 8th]

de  asportatis  religiosorum  (dee  as-por-tay-tis  ri-lij-ee-oh-sor-<<schwa>>m),  n.[Law  Latin “concerning the property of religious persons carried away”] Hist. A statute of Edward I passed to curb  alienation  of  clerical  possessions,  including  the  removal  of  those  possessions  to  foreign countries. [Blacks Law 8th]

de  arrestando  ipsum  qui  pecuniam  recepit  (dee  ar-<<schwa>>-stan-doh  ip-s<<  schwa>>m kwI  p<<schwa>>-kyoo-nee-<<schwa>>m  ri-see-pit), n.[Law Latin  “for  the  apprehension  of  one who  took  the  king’s  money”]  Hist.  A  writ  ordering  the  arrest  of  a  person  who  took  the  king’s money for war service, and then hid to keep from serving. [Blacks Law 8th]

de arbitratione facto (dee ahr-bi-tray-shee-oh-nee fak-toh), n.[Law Latin “of arbitration had”] Hist. A writ staying an action already settled by arbitration. DE ARRESTANDIS BONIS NE DISSIPENTUR de    arrestandis    bonis    ne    dissipentur    (dee    ar-<<schwa>>-stan-dis    boh-nis    nee dis-<<schwa>>-pen-t<<schwa>>r), n.[Law Latin “of goods arrested lest they be dispersed”] Hist. A  writ to  seize  goods from  a  party  to …