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extremis(dictionary)
in extremis(dictionary)
EXTREMIS(law)
IN EXTREMIS(law)

divergent (iou) and EXTREMIS (law)


divergent (iou)



divergent adjective. L17.
[formed as DIVERGENCE + -ENT, perh. after French divergent.]
Diverging; of or pertaining to divergence; Math. (of an infinite series) not convergent. L17.
C. Darwin The Siamese have small noses, with divergent nostrils. H. Macmillan There seemed little likelihood of reconciling the divergent interests.
Psychology. Of thought: tending to produce a variety of unusual answers or responses; not habitually given to deductive reasoning. Cf. CONVERGENT 3. M20.
divergently adverb E19.

EXTREMIS (law)


EXTREMIS. When a person is sick beyond the hope of recovery, and near death, he is said to be in extremism. he is said to be in extremism. 2. A will made in this condition, if made without undue influence, by a 2. A will made in this condition, if made without undue influence, by a person of sound mind, is valid. person of sound mind, is valid. 3. The declarations of persons in extremis, when made with a full 3. The declarations of persons in extremis, when made with a full consciousness of approaching death, ate admissible in evidence when the consciousness of approaching death, ate admissible in evidence when the death of the person making them is the subject of the charge, and 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.