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Medical procedures (also known as life sustaining procedures) that are used to prolong or extend the life of a person who is gravely or terminally ill and/or comatose. Common procedures include CPR (cardio-pulmonary resuscitation), use of a respirator, infusion of blood, surgery, dialysis, antibiotics and other measures. … [Read more...] about LIFE-PROLONGING PROCEDURES

An annual income to be paid during the continuance of a particular life. … [Read more...] about LIFE ANNUITY

Scotch law. A right to use and enjoy a thing during life, the substance of it being preserved. A life-rent cannot, therefore, be constituted upon things which perish in the use; and though it may upon subjects which gradually wear out by time, as household furniture, yet it is generally applied to heritable subjects. Life-rents are divided into conventional and legal. 2. 1. The … [Read more...] about LIFE-RENT

A person who receives lifetime benefits pursuant to a trust or by will. See AB trust. … [Read more...] about LIFE BENEFICIARY

See life-prolonging procedures … [Read more...] about LIFE-SUSTAINING PROCEDURES