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A living will is a legally enforceable directive that you issue indicating whether you want extreme measures taken to save your life in the event that you are seriously ill and unable to make medical decisions. (noun)

An example of a living will is a document you right saying that you do not want to be put on life support or have other extreme measures taken to save your life.

See living will in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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a document, legal in some states, directing that all measures to support life be ended if the signer should be dying of an incurable condition

See living will in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A document in which the signer states his or her wishes regarding medical treatment, especially treatment that sustains or prolongs life by extraordinary means, for use if the signer becomes mentally incompetent or unable to communicate.

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