donatio mortis causa Phrase
Meaning:
a donation in expectation of death
Comment
A legal concept in which a person in imminent mortal danger need not satisfy the otherwise requisite consideration to effect a testamentary donation, i.e., a donation by instituting or modifying a will.
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