living will

Noun
  1. A document written by someone still legally capable requesting that he should be allowed to die if subsequently severely disabled or suffering terminal illness (synset 106556832)
    "after he discovered he had AIDS he drew up a living will"
    referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document - (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right

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