DEATH-BED

In Scotch law. A state of sickness which ends in death. Ersk. Inst. 3, 8, 95. Death-bed deed. In Scotch law. A deed made by a person while laboring under a distemper of which he afterwards died. Ersk. Inst 3, 8, 96. A deed is understood to be in death-bed, if, before signing and delivery thereof, the grantor was sick, and never convalesced thereafter. 1 Forbes, Inst. pt. 3, b. 2, c. 4, tit. 1, i 1. But it is not necessary that he should be actually confined to his bed at the time of making the deed. Bell.