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Causa Mortis
causa mortis adj
[Latin mortis causa in contemplation of death]
: made or done in contemplation of one’s impending death [rejected his claim that the gift was causa mortis “W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al.“] usually used following the term it modifies see also gift causa mortis at gift compare inter vivos
Source: Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law ©1996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.