Last Sickness
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
is that of which a persondied. The expenses of this sickness are generally entitled to a preference, in payment of debts of an insolvent estate. Civ. Code of Lo. art.
3166; Purd. Ab. 393.
To prevent impositions, the statute of frauds requires that nuncupative wills shall be made during the testator’s last sickness.
Rob. on Frauds, 596; 20 Joha. R. 502.