Definition of In extremis

1. Adverb. At the point of death.

Definition of In extremis

1. Prepositional phrase. At the point of death. ¹

2. Prepositional phrase. In desperate circumstances. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of In extremis

1. at the point of death. Origin: L. Extremus, last (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of In Extremis

in due course
in due season
in due time
in earnest
in earnest(p)
in effect
in effect(p)
in effigy
in esse
in essence
in everyone's thoughts
in evidence
in exchange
in existence
in extenso
in extremis (current term)
in face of
in fact
in fashion
in favor of
in fee
in fetters(p)
in fine
in fine fettle
in fiscal matters
in flames
in flight
in flood(p)
in flower

Literary usage of In extremis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone (1876)
"The man who in extremis sends for his legal adviser to draft a complicated will may be blamable for delaying so important a business ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery by Great Britain Court of Chancery, John Scott Eldon (1822)
"1818. cessary that such a gift should be made in extremis i the donor died on the eleventh day after the transaction, and his expression " in case any thing ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... ion of those in extremis ", ie of the dying, especially aa the corresponding name, ... in extremis ..."

4. Original Letters Illustrative of English History: Including Numerous Royal by Henry Ellis (1846)
"Adam Traves, one of the Canons residentiary of Exeter, also " in extremis." [IBID. 2 Ser. xx. 284. Grig.] *»* John Stokesley, DD. was a fellow of Magdalen ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Walter Malins Rose, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"392, 88 L. 478, 12 S. Ct. 719, and The Nacoochee, 137 US 340, 34 L. 691, 11 S. Ct 125, both holding failure to port was an error In judgment in extremis; ..."

6. Law of Wills, Executors and Administrators by James Schouler (1915)
"Whether the Testament must be made in Extremis. First, then, to inquire whether the will must be made in extremis. That this is not essential in the case of ..."

7. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone (1876)
"The man who in extremis sends for his legal adviser to draft a complicated will may be blamable for delaying so important a business ..."

8. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery by Great Britain Court of Chancery, John Scott Eldon (1822)
"1818. cessary that such a gift should be made in extremis i the donor died on the eleventh day after the transaction, and his expression " in case any thing ..."

9. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... ion of those in extremis ", ie of the dying, especially aa the corresponding name, ... in extremis ..."

10. Original Letters Illustrative of English History: Including Numerous Royal by Henry Ellis (1846)
"Adam Traves, one of the Canons residentiary of Exeter, also " in extremis." [IBID. 2 Ser. xx. 284. Grig.] *»* John Stokesley, DD. was a fellow of Magdalen ..."

11. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Walter Malins Rose, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"392, 88 L. 478, 12 S. Ct. 719, and The Nacoochee, 137 US 340, 34 L. 691, 11 S. Ct 125, both holding failure to port was an error In judgment in extremis; ..."

12. Law of Wills, Executors and Administrators by James Schouler (1915)
"Whether the Testament must be made in Extremis. First, then, to inquire whether the will must be made in extremis. That this is not essential in the case of ..."

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