Legal death is the recognition under the law of a particular jurisdiction that a person is no longer alive. In most cases, a doctor's declaration of death...
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medically distinguish these differing conditions. Brain death is used as an indicator of legal death in many jurisdictions, but it is defined inconsistently...
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considered entirely dead. Brain death is sometimes used as a legal definition of death. For all organisms with a brain, death can instead be focused on this...
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A death mask is a likeness (typically in wax or plaster cast) of a person's face after their death, usually made by taking a cast or impression from the...
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In many legal jurisdictions, the manner of death is a determination, typically made by the coroner, medical examiner, police, or similar officials, and...
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Zone of Death". Atlas Obscura. "Sixth Amendment". Legal Information Institute. Retrieved December 4, 2020. "Inside Yellowstone's 'Zone of Death' Crimes...
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The stages of death of a human being have medical, biochemical and legal aspects. The term taphonomy from palaeontology applies to the fate of all kinds...
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because she was pregnant. Look up clinical death in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Death Brain death Legal death Cardiac arrest Deep hypothermic circulatory...
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A death rattle is noisy breathing that often occurs in someone who is near death. It is caused by an accumulation of fluids such as saliva and bronchial...
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offense in states where execution is a legal penalty, the judge will give the jury the option of imposing a death sentence or life imprisonment without...
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