Extremis
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Bouvier (1839)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
v. In extremis.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
When a person is sick heyoudthe hope of recovery, and near death, he is said to be in extremis. Extremis probatis, presumuntur media. Extremes being proved, intermediate things are presumed, Tray. Lat. Max. 207.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See In Extremis.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
When a person is sick beyond the hope of recovery, and he afterwards dies, he is said to be in extremis. A will made in this state is liable to be impeached; but if made without undue influence by a person of sound mind, it is valid. The declarations of persons in extremis, when made with a full consciousness of approaching death, are admissible in evidence when the death of the person making them is the subject of the charge, and the circumstances of the death the subject of such declarations. 2 B. & C. 605; S.C. 9 Engl. C. L. Rep. 196; and see 15 John. 286; 1 John. Rep. 159; 2 John. R. 31; 7 John. 95; 2 Car. Law Repos. 102.