immediate death

immediate death
Death resulting within a short time after an injury, not necessarily instantaneously. 22 Am J2d Dth § 26. As an example of an "immediate" rather than an "instantaneous" death, one court has suggested the situation in which a blow on the head produces unconsciousness and renders the victim incapable of intelligent thought, speech, or action for several minutes until he dies. Sawyer v Perry, 88 Me 42, 33 A 660. A death resulting about five and one half days after injury, during which time the victim never regained consciousness, has been held to come within a statute authorizing an action for injuries causing "immediate" death. Farrington v Stoddard (CAI Me) 115 F2d 96, 131 ALR 1344.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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