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Death and Legal death

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Difference between Death and Legal death

Death vs. Legal death

Death is the cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. Legal death is a government's official recognition that a person has died.

Similarities between Death and Legal death

Death and Legal death have 12 things in common (in Unionpedia): Brain death, Cadaver, Cardiac arrest, Clinical death, Death certificate, Electroencephalography, Faked death, Homicide, Inheritance tax, Next of kin, Suicide, Uniform Determination of Death Act.

Brain death

Brain death is the complete loss of brain function (including involuntary activity necessary to sustain life).

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Cadaver

A cadaver, also referred to as a corpse (singular) in medical, literary, and legal usage, or when intended for dissection, is a deceased body.

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Cardiac arrest

Cardiac arrest is a sudden loss of blood flow resulting from the failure of the heart to effectively pump.

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Clinical death

Clinical death is the medical term for cessation of blood circulation and breathing, the two necessary criteria to sustain human and many other organisms' lives.

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Death certificate

The phrase death certificate can refer either to a document issued by a medical practitioner certifying the deceased state of a person or, popularly, to a document issued by a person such as a registrar of vital statistics that declares the date, location and cause of a person's death as later entered in an official register of deaths.

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Electroencephalography

Electroencephalography (EEG) is an electrophysiological monitoring method to record electrical activity of the brain.

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Faked death

A faked death, also called a "staged death" and pseudocide, is a case in which an individual leaves evidence to suggest that they are dead to mislead others.

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Homicide

Homicide is the act of one human killing another.

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Inheritance tax

A tax paid by a person who inherits money or property or a levy on the estate (money and property) of a person who has died.

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Next of kin

A person's next of kin (NOK) is that person's closest living blood relative or relatives.

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Suicide

Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death.

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Uniform Determination of Death Act

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 American Bar Association, and the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research.

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Death and Legal death Comparison

Death has 303 relations, while Legal death has 38. As they have in common 12, the Jaccard index is 3.52% = 12 / (303 + 38).

References

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