Deathbed Deed
Defined in 1 dictionary — Burrill (1850)
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
In Scotch law. A deed made by a person while laboring under a distemper of which he afterwards died. I^rsk. Inst lib. 3, tit. 8, 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 part 3, b. 2, c. 4, tit. 1, sec. 1.