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Noun: living will
  1. (law) a document written by someone still legally capable requesting that he should be allowed to die if subsequently severely disabled or suffering terminal illness
    "after he discovered he had AIDS he drew up a living will"

Derived forms: living wills

Type of: instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document

Encyclopedia: Living will