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Futile medical care — refers to the belief that in cases where there is no hope for improvement of an incapacitating condition that no course of treatment is called for. It is distinct from the idea of euthanasia because euthanasia involves active intervention to end… … Wikipedia
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vain act — A futile act. A useless act. Cantwell v Cantwell, 237 Ind 168, 143 NE2d 275 app den 356 US 225, 2 L Ed 2d 700, reh den 356 US 954, 2 L Ed 2d 847, 78 S Ct 913. An act ineffectual in accomplishing the object in view. 34 Am J1st Mand § 37 … Ballentine's law dictionary
Advance Directives Act — The Texas Advance Directives Act (1999), also known as the Texas Futile Care Law, describes certain provisions that are now Chapter 166 of the Texas Health Safety Code. Controversy over these provisions mainly centers on Section 166.046,… … Wikipedia
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Cat and Mouse Act — The Cat and Mouse Act (formally the Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill Health) Act 1913) was an Act of Parliament passed in Britain under Herbert Henry Asquith s Liberal government in 1913. It made legal the hunger strikes that Suffragettes… … Wikipedia
Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 — Passed on April 12, 1927, the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 ( 17 Geo 5, c. 4 ) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that formed a significant landmark in the constitutional history of the UK and British Empire as a whole. The… … Wikipedia
