dying declaration
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 290 U.S. 96 - Shepard v. United States · 1933Most cited · 912 citing opinions
To make out a dying declaration, the declarant must have spoken without hope of recovery and in the shadow of impending death. There must be 'a settled hopeless expectation' that death is near at hand, and what is said must have been spoken in the hush of its impending presence. The patient must have spoken with the consciousness of a swift and certain doom.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Sex Declaration.