MORTIS CAUSA
\mˈɔːtiz kˈɔːsə], \mˈɔːtiz kˈɔːsə], \m_ˈɔː_t_i_z k_ˈɔː_s_ə]\
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Lat. By reason of death; iu contemplation of death. Thus used in the phrase "Donatio mortis causa," (q. v.) Mortis momentum est ultimum vita momentum. The last moment of life is the moment of death. Terrill v. Public Adm'r, 4 Bradf. Sur. (N. Y.) 245, 250.
By Henry Campbell Black
