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  2. Legal death - Wikipedia

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    Legal death is the recognition under the law of a particular jurisdiction that a person is no longer alive. [1] In most cases, a doctor's declaration of death (variously called) or the identification of a corpse is a legal requirement for such recognition.

  3. Uniform Determination of Death Act - Wikipedia

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    The Uniform Determination of Death Act has been enacted in 37 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Jurisdiction with enactment The Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) is a model state law that was approved for the United States in 1981 by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, in cooperation with the American Medical Association, the ...

  4. Presumption of death - Wikipedia

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    If a person disappeared under life-threatening circumstances, the day of his or her actual disappearance may also be considered the legal date of death. The declaration of death by the court has the same legal consequences as if the fact of death was proven: Dependants of the person become eligible for the state pension; Assets can be inherited

  5. Inside the Heated Scientific Debate to Redefine Who Is Dead - AOL

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    Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyIt was March 10, 2022—day one of a virtual forum held over Zoom to re-write the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA), a draft law ...

  6. Manner of death - Wikipedia

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    Within the United States and the United Kingdom, a distinction is made between the cause of death, which is a specific disease or injury, versus manner of death, which is primarily a legal determination, versus the mechanism of death (also called the mode of death), which does not explain why the person died or the underlying cause of death and ...

  7. Death - Wikipedia

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    Today, where a definition of the moment of death is required, doctors and coroners usually turn to "brain death" or "biological death" to define a person as being dead; [27] people are considered dead when the electrical activity in their brain ceases. [28] It is presumed that an end of electrical activity indicates the end of consciousness. [29]

  8. Stages of death - Wikipedia

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    The definition of legal death, and its formal documentation in a death certificate, vary according to the jurisdiction. The certification applies to somatic death, corresponding to death of the person, which has varying definitions but most commonly describes a lack of vital signs and brain function. [9]

  9. Options available if an AOL account owner passes away

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    A copy of the death certificate of the AOL account holder, issued in the United States; A copy of the requester's government-issued ID; and; One of the following documents: • A copy of the will of the deceased AOL account holder giving the requester access to digital assets; or