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Descriptor English: Wills
Descriptor Spanish: Testamentos
Descriptor testamentos
Entry term(s) herencia legal
Scope note: "Documentos legales en los que se declara la voluntad de un individuo con respecto al destino de sus propiedades y patrimonio tras su muerte; específicamente se trata de documentos escritos, realizados de forma legal, sobre la transmisión del patrimonio. Los TESTAMENTOS VITALES son declaraciones escritas referidas a la prolongación de la vida con medidas extraordinarias."
Descriptor Portuguese: Testamentos
Descriptor French: Testaments
Entry term(s): Inheritance, Legal
Tree number(s): I01.880.604.583.927
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014918
Scope note: Legal documents that are declarations of individuals' wishes regarding the disposal of their property or estate after death; esp: written instruments, legally executed, by which dispositions are made of estates. LIVING WILLS are written declarations regarding prolongation of life by extraordinary means.
Annotation: do not confuse entry term INHERITANCE with HEREDITY
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
EH ethnology
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PC prevention & control
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
DeCS ID: 15318
Unique ID: D014918
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2002/07/03
Wills - Preferred
Concept UI M0022978
Scope note Legal documents that are declarations of individuals' wishes regarding the disposal of their property or estate after death; esp: written instruments, legally executed, by which dispositions are made of estates. LIVING WILLS are written declarations regarding prolongation of life by extraordinary means.
Preferred term Wills
Inheritance, Legal - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0022979
Preferred term Inheritance, Legal



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