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be made to the high court; before
November 1, 2019, the general position was that a person needed to be missing for at least 7 years before a person could be treated as dead in the eyes of the law, but exceptionally may be earlier if there is strong implication from the circumstances the person is dead. This meant that their next of kin were denied any bereavement-related entitlements under any pension, life insurance or social welfare scheme. Since November 1, 2019, when the Civil Law (Presumption of Death) Act 2019, commenced, a court can make a "presumption of death order" if it is satisfied that the circumstances suggest that the missing person's death is either virtually certain, or highly probable. If such an order is made and not successfully appealed, it has the same status as a death certificate.
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annulled. The legal consequence of revoking declaratory judgment is essentially about restoration, i.e. the return of property and restoration of marriage. Chinese law restores marriage between the returned absentee and his or her spouse, providing that the spouse has not remarried or declared unwillingness of restoring marriage. This is quite unusual among the legal regimes around the world.
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than seven years where death was probable, but not definitive (such as an unrecovered plane crash at sea), following an inquest (see below). Such an application was specific to the court where it was made â thus separate applications had to be made at a coroner's inquest, for proceedings under the
Matrimonial Causes and Civil Partnership Acts (for remarriage), for
1027:. Although people presumed dead sometimes turn up alive, it is not as common as it used to be. In one case where this occurred, a man named John Burney disappeared in 1976 while having financial problems, and later reappeared in December 1982. His company and wife had already received the death benefitsâso, on returning, the
1626:, African-American child known for being the subject of a 2014 image of him embracing a police officer. Vanished on March 26, 2018; he was believed to have been murdered by his abusive adoptive mothers in an intentional car plunge, and his body swept out to sea. He was legally declared dead on April 3, 2019.
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if it is overwhelmingly likely that the person would have been a victim of an air or sea disaster or any other "exceptional circumstances", the period of time of the disappearance is reduced to 6 months, however if the vessel is presumably lost, the time is counted from one year after what would have
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jurisdictions) after which an individual is presumed dead if there is no evidence to the contrary. However, if the missing individual is the owner of a significant estate, the court may delay ordering the issuing of a death certificate if there has been no real effort to locate the missing person. If
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Otherwise, courts could have granted leave to applicants to swear that a person was dead (within or after the seven-year period). For example, an executor may have made such an application so they could have been granted probate for the will. This kind of application would only have been made sooner
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If such decision was a mistake and the person later returns, the decision is nullified and the person becomes eligible to request most of his assets back. However, if the husband or wife of such person married again, the marriage will not be restored. His funds and securities, taken under bona fide
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If there is strong evidence a missing person is dead the coroner may request an inquest under
Section 23 of the Coroners Act 1962. If the Minister for Justice grants the inquest then the person may be declared legally dead if that is the outcome of the inquest. As an alternative an application may
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In the event of contradictory applications for declaration, meaning that both an application for a declaration of death and an application for a declaration of absence of the same natural person are filed by the interested parties with a people's court, the people's court shall declare the death of
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Chinese law specifically talks about the return of the absentee. The validity of the previous declaratory judgment of death is not imperiled by the sheer fact of return. The absentee or interested party (or parties) must apply for the revocation of the said declaratory judgment, then it can be
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Where a natural person has disappeared for two years, an interested party may apply to a people's court for a declaration of absence of the natural person. The period of disappearance of a natural person shall be counted from the day when a person is not heard from, until the day the individual is
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to declare a person presumed dead. This declaration is conclusive and cannot be appealed. It is recorded on a new
Register of Presumed Deaths, and has the same effect as a registration of death. Death is taken to occur on (a) the last day that they could have been alive (if the court is satisfied
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Some states require those who receive the missing person's assets to return them if the person turned out to be alive. If a person is declared dead when only missing, their estate is distributed as if they were dead. In some cases, the presumption of death can be rebutted. According to
Sentell,
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If there is not sufficient evidence that death has taken place, a legal declaration of such may take longer, as simple absence does not necessarily prove death. The requirements for declaring an individual legally dead may vary depending on numerous details including the following:
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The incidence of presumed death in
England and Wales is considered low â in September 2011, it was estimated that only 1% of the 200,000 missing persons each year remained unaccounted for after 12 months, with a cumulative total of 5,500 missing persons by September 2011.
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A legal date of death is considered to be the date when the court decision declaring person dead was made. If a person disappeared under life-threatening circumstances, the day of his or her actual disappearance may also be considered the legal date of death.
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for an extended period and in the absence of any evidence that person is still aliveâor after a shorter period, but where the circumstances surrounding a person's disappearance overwhelmingly support the belief that the person is dead (e.g., an
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Where a person has disappeared from an accident, and it is impossible for the person to survive the accident as certified by the relevant authority, an application for a declaration of death of the person is not subject to the two-year period.
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Declaration of presumed death is stipulated in articles 29â32 of the Polish Civil Code and pronounced as a court judgment. In general, a period of 10 years is required to pass for a legal declaration to be made, with the following exceptions:
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Chinese law treats declaratory judgment of death and disappearance differently. Relevant provisions can be found in Section 3 ("Declaration of Disappearance and Declaration of Death"), Chapter 2 ("Natural Persons") of the
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when a major corruption scandal arose in 1993, into stealing all the money that RoldĂĄn had previously stolen in that case. He appeared in 2004. During these years, he opened an offshore company, later exposed in the
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A court's declaration of death comes into effect retroactively and is subject to legal consequences from before the date of the declaration, going back to the assumed date of death, as declared by the court.
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limitations to these procedures: The presumption must arise only after a reasonable amount of time has elapsed. The absent person must be notified. Courts permit notifying claimants by publication. Adequate
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Presumption of death is governed by sections 107 and 108 of the
Evidence Act, which allows for presumption of death for a person missing for 7 years to be raised in appropriate proceedings before the court.
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files a report. This may be done to help a family receive a death certificate that may bring some closure. An inquest strives to bring any suspicious circumstances to light. The coroner then applies to the
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recovered or located. If a person disappears during a war, the period of disappearance shall be counted from the day when the war ends or from the date of absence as confirmed by the relevant authority.
907:(c. 27). If a person lived in Scotland on the date they were last known to be alive, authorities can use this act to declare the person legally dead after the standard period of seven years.
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if a person is reported missing under other life-threatening circumstances than the above, the time period becomes one year since the conclusion of the life-threatening incident.
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791:(Lord Lucan), who was last seen alive in 1974 (although there have been numerous alleged sightings since that time), and whose death certificate was issued in February 2016.
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after an animal sale in 1910. Two men were accused of murdering him to steal the money and sentenced to 18 years in prison in 1918, but
Grimaldos was found alive in 1926.
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If the person disappeared under life-threatening circumstances, which made it likely that he or she died from an accident, that person can be assumed dead after 6 months
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It takes ten years to declare a missing person dead. After ten years from someone's disappearance, a motion to declare the person legally dead can be filed in court.
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An Act for Redresse of Inconveniencies by want of Proofe of the Deceases of Persons beyond the Seas or absenting themselves, upon whose Lives Estates doe depend.
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1712:, former soldier of the Japanese Imperial Army, declared dead in 2000 yet presented himself as alive and living in Ukraine to the Japanese government in 2006.
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1514:, American foster care child, disappeared while under the care of a foster parent appointed by the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF).
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Where a natural person falls under any of the following circumstances, an interested party may apply to a people's court for a declaration of death:
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A person can be declared legally dead after they are exposed to "imminent peril" and fail to returnâas in a plane crash, as portrayed in the movie
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1410:, disappeared on July 28, 1980, several months after accidentally killing Gotti's 12-year-old son Frank. Favara was legally declared dead in 1983.
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There must have been no communication from the party with those people most likely to hear from them during the period the person has been missing
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Seafaring, ship's sinking: 6 months after sinking or other event causing the disappearance, for example: gone overboard (maritime disappearance)
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occurs when a person is believed to be dead, despite the absence of direct proof of the person's death, such as the finding of remains (e.g., a
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A military or civil person, who disappeared during a military conflict, can be declared dead no earlier than 2 years after the conflict is over
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1642:, German singer and entertainer. Disappeared from a cruise ship in the North Atlantic on 9 September 2018, declared dead on 10 March 2021.
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was believed to have committed suicide in his prison cell, but was found alive and it was later revealed that he had escaped from prison.
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in 1989 following a cargo door detachment; their bodies were lost in the Pacific Ocean, with at least one being sucked into engine no. 3.
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1244:, businessman, suspected to have committed suicide in 1969 by jumping overboard from his boat. The boat was later found adrift and empty.
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was passed to simplify this process. The new act, which is based on the Presumption of Death (Scotland) Act 1977, allows applying to the
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Their absence must have been continuous and inexplicable (e.g. the person did not say they had found a new job and were moving far away)
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1262:. Their remains have never been found. The current consensus is that they were held captive for over a year before they were killed by
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An Act to make fresh provision in the law of Scotland in relation to the presumed death of missing persons; and for connected purposes.
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rule. Some states have amended their statutes to reduce the seven-year period to five consecutive years missing, and some, such as
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the minimum time period is reduced to 5 years if the person would have turned at least 70 years old at the time of the declaration;
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that they are dead), or (b) the day seven years after the date they were last seen (if death is presumed by the elapse of time).
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or in a location without a centralized and reliable police force or vital statistics registration system, other laws may apply.
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in the absence of a physician's certification that an identified individual has died is usually necessary. However, if there is
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This was a rebuttable presumption at common law â if the person subsequently appeared, the law no longer considered them dead.
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The party normally must have been missing from their home or usual residence for an extended period, most commonly seven years
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or skeleton) attributable to that person. Such a presumption is typically made by an individual when a person has been
963:), stated that as of 1990, the number of such cases in the United States was estimated at between 60,000 and 100,000.
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1428:, an estate agent, disappeared in London in 1986 while showing a house to a Mr Kipper; her body has never been found.
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to have them declared legally dead. They must prove by the criteria above that the person is in fact dead. There are
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House of Commons Justice Committee, Presumption of Death, Twelfth Report of Session 2010â12 Report, February 7, 2012
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1590:'s 12 crew and 227 passengers, as the airliner was presumed to have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean in 2014.
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1145:, American college student who disappeared while walking on Vermont's Long Trail hiking route, December 1, 1946.
779:, under the Coroners Act 1988 section 15, for an inquest with no body. The seven years rule only applies in the
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1678:, French astronomer, declared dead in the 1760s after being lost at sea for 11 years. He actually died in 1792.
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1774:, aviation/sailing adventurer, died in a plane crash in 2007, declared dead before remains were found in 2008.
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no one can be declared dead prior to the end of the year in which they turn, or would turn, 23 years of age;
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2090:"The rights of the living dead: absent persons in the civil law". Jeanne Carriere, 50 La. L. Rev. 901, 1990
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1488:, wealthy zookeeper who disappeared in 1997 and later hypothesized to have been fed to tigers by his wife,
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1560:, computer science researcher, disappeared solo sailing near San Francisco in 2007, declared dead in 2012.
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An Act to make provision in relation to the presumed death of missing persons; and for connected purposes.
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of Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company, almost all states recognize the presumption of death, by
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There must have been a diligent but unsuccessful search for the person and/or diligent but unsuccessful
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1636:. Disappeared while ski mountaineering in the Swiss Alps on 7 April 2008, declared dead on 14 May 2021.
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1698:, disappeared on a fishing trip in 1957 and was declared dead in 1960. In 1965 he was found living in
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company sued him, his wife, and his company. In the end, the court ruled Burney's actions fraudulent.
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unless there is a reason for the federal government to have jurisdiction (e.g. military personnel
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2455:"Julian Sands' Son Says He's 'Realistic' About Search for Actor 3 Months After His Disappearance"
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1620:'s reactor 4 on the night of the disaster, believed to have been killed in the initial explosion.
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1139:, jazz musician/bandleader, whose plane disappeared over the English Channel, December 15, 1944.
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1544:, district attorney of Centre County, Pennsylvania, disappeared in 2005, declared dead in 2011.
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2327:"Where is Devonte Hart? Boy in Viral Photo Was in Fatal Cliff Crash, But Body Remains Missing"
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on a walk in rural Malaysia in 1967. Declared dead in 1974 after multiple extensive searches.
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on May 30, 2005, and was legally declared dead on January 12, 2012. No remains were found.
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in 1988 when the plane's roof tore off mid-flight; her body was lost in the Pacific Ocean.
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concerning property provisions must be made in the case that an absent person shows up.
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the person if the conditions for a declaration of death as set out in this Law are met.
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1133:, French aviator and author, disappeared July 31, 1944. Plane found in the sea in 2000.
1109:, New York City judge, disappeared on the way to a play in 1930, declared dead in 1939.
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been the scheduled day of arrival, or from two years after its last known whereabouts;
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that would lead a reasonable person to believe that the individual is deceased on the
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on May 25, 1979; declared dead in 2001. In May 2012, a man named Pedro Hernandez was
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These processes were not considered satisfactory, and so in FebruaryâMarch 2013, the
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2487:"Actor Julian Sands confirmed dead after going missing on winter hike in California"
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in early 1945 and disappeared. He was pronounced dead on October 31, 2016, by the
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over radio while flying a light aircraft in 1978. No wreckage or body was found.
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Professor Jeanne Carriere, in "The Rights of the Living Dead: Absent Persons in
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victims, may be located years after their disappearance. Some people have even
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as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from
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as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from
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as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from
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player, presumably fell (or jumped) from boat sailing from New York City to
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In Scotland, legal aspects of the presumption of death are outlined in the
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1302:, disappeared in 1974 after his nanny was murdered. Declared dead in 2016.
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courts will consider evidence that the absent person was a fugitive from
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The Spy Who Loved Us: The Vietnam War and Pham Xuan An's Dangerous Game
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1282:, Puerto Rican baseball player who disappeared after a plane crash off
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1258:. On April 6, 1970, Flynn and Stone disappeared while on assignment in
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1089:, publisher, author, disappeared during the Mexican Revolution in 1913.
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Derailed in Uncle Ho's Victory Garden: Return to Vietnam and Cambodia
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based on a confession to police, despite a lack of physical evidence.
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1292:, lawyer and author, disappeared in Mexico in 1974. Friend of author
1276:, American politicians, whose airplane disappeared in Alaska in 1972.
1115:, pioneer, aviator, disappeared during a transoceanic flight in 1937.
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General Provisions of the Civil Law of the People's Republic of China
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2407:"Guillaume-Joseph-Hyacinthe-Jean-Baptiste Le Gentil de la GalaziĂšre"
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2265:"Maruquis Cooper's wife files for a presumptive death certificate"
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The natural person has disappeared for two years from an accident.
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2283:"Sweden declares Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg officially dead"
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on the settlement of an estate. According to a spokesman for the
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within days of the tragedy. The same is usually true of soldiers
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1234:, American fashion designer and entrepreneur based in Thailand,
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in 1660. Three of his servants were accused of his murder and
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in 2002; believed to have been murdered by his brother at sea.
1520:, a New York City physician last seen on the night before the
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The people most likely to have heard from them had no contact.
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Most countries have a set period of time (seven years in many
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1802:. His remains were found and confirmed dead on June 27, 2023.
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Two of the Missing: Remembering Sean Flynn & Dana Stone
1798:, actor. Went missing on January 13, 2023, while hiking in
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1632:, German-American entrepreneur, director and part owner of
1482:, plane crash at sea on May 21, 1995, but body never found.
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generally assumed a person was dead if, after seven years:
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2126:"What happens when someone 'legally dead' shows up alive?"
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1314:, basketball player, disappeared while sailing in 1977.
1083:, English explorer, left adrift after a mutiny in 1611.
1930:"Missing person's death date is day court declares so"
2428:"Keluarga Ridwan Kamil Nyatakan Eril Meninggal Dunia"
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1336:, abducted while on his way to a school bus stop in
891:
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1865:Bray, Samuel L. (2010). "Preventive Adjudication".
1320:, basketball player, disappeared in Uganda in 1978.
989:If someone disappears, those interested can file a
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319:The natural person has disappeared for four years;
627:There was no evidence that they were still alive.
27:Declaring person legally dead absent direct proof
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1121:, Italian physicist, disappeared at sea in 1938.
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1286:on December 31, 1972. His body was never found.
1979:ĐРРЀ ĐĄŃĐ°ŃŃŃ 45. ĐбŃŃĐČĐ»Đ”ĐœĐžĐ” ĐłŃĐ°Đ¶ĐŽĐ°ĐœĐžĐœĐ° ŃĐŒĐ”ŃŃĐžĐŒ
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633:Inquiries made of that person had no success.
232:arrived at New York City. More recently, the
2352:"Gericht erklĂ€rt Ex-Tengelmann-Chef fĂŒr tot"
1524:, in which she was later ruled to have died.
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1308:, trade union leader, disappeared in 1975.
926:People who disappear are typically called
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2374:"Gericht erklĂ€rt Daniel KĂŒblböck fĂŒr tot"
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2053:"When is a missing person declared dead?"
1422:, Italian economist, disappeared in 1986.
1075:Category:People declared dead in absentia
1065:to avoid paying taxes, debts, and so on.
986:, have reduced the period to four years.
738:Text of the Presumption of Death Act 2013
131:Learn how and when to remove this message
2172:Accessed via Google Books June 21, 2009.
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198:directing the registration to issue a
2880:List of ways people dishonor the dead
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1196:, disappeared while canoeing in 1961.
645:, and under the Social Security Act.
600:Text of statute as originally enacted
2188:, p. 171 (Scribner: August 2, 1999)
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2080:. Government of the United Kingdom.
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464:Personal obligations are terminated
194:In most jurisdictions, obtaining a
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1684:, Spanish shepherd disappeared in
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660:Presumption of Death Act 2013
649:Presumption of Death Act 2013
586:Statute Law Revision Act 1948
582:Statute Law Revision Act 1888
578:Statute Law Revision Act 1863
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2803:Medical declaration of death
2067:. BBC News, February 3, 2016
1958:. Citizens Information Board
1588:Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
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1041:List of premature obituaries
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221:who were not rescued by the
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1682:JosĂ© MarĂa Grimaldos LĂłpez
1478:, businessman, founder of
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494:Cestui que Vie Act 1666
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3750:Fascination with death
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1842:List of missing people
1734:Spanish secret service
1508:, lost at sea in 2000.
1470:Manic Street Preachers
1468:, guitarist/lyricist,
1172:, as portrayed in the
345:Verschollenheitsgesetz
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2577:Liquefactive necrosis
2014:The National Archives
1692:Lawrence Joseph Bader
1097:Major League Baseball
781:High Court of Justice
512:Parliament of England
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3643:Dying-and-rising god
3598:Chinese burial money
3487:Prohibition of dying
3439:Death-qualified jury
3205:Post-mortem interval
2865:Premature obituaries
2572:Coagulative necrosis
2140:Young, Perry Deane.
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1832:Forced disappearance
1778:Emmeril Kahn Mumtadz
1162:David Kenyon Webster
961:Louisiana Law Review
959:" (published in the
425:Civil Code of Russia
288:international waters
238:September 11 attacks
184:declaratory judgment
156:presumption of death
65:improve this article
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3670:Death from laughter
2970:Perinatal mortality
2711:Mitotic catastrophe
2691:Ischemic cell death
2634:Intrinsic apoptosis
2582:Gangrenous necrosis
2491:Yahoo Entertainment
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1742:Spanish Civil Guard
1676:Guillaume Le Gentil
1324:Frederick Valentich
1186:Michael Rockefeller
1125:Richard Halliburton
1107:Joseph Force Crater
785:Ministry of Justice
212:passengers and crew
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3755:Hierarchy of death
3695:Death notification
3603:Coins for the dead
3535:Forensic pathology
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3373:Near-death studies
2965:Mortality salience
2597:Fibrinoid necrosis
2567:Avascular necrosis
2289:. October 31, 2016
2009:legislation.gov.uk
1934:The Times of India
1608:Ahmad Motevaselian
1602:Swedish Tax Agency
1504:, bass player for
1376:Azaria Chamberlain
1294:Hunter S. Thompson
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2150:978-0-9816280-9-7
2129:The Straight Dope
1899:on March 16, 2017
1568:American football
1518:Sneha Anne Philip
1452:Chekannur Maulavi
1390:David A. Johnston
1153:Sicilian-American
1143:Paula Jean Welden
921:missing in action
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18:Declared dead
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3608:Dark tourism
3550:Necrobiology
3492:Right to die
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3409:Abortion law
3333:Resurrection
3321:Palingenesis
3218:
3180:Coffin birth
3087:Plastination
3048:Preservation
3024:Putrefaction
3019:Rigor mortis
3014:Algor mortis
3009:Livor mortis
2986:
2942:Memento mori
2940:
2793:Lazarus sign
2773:Death rattle
2716:Suicide gene
2701:Karyorrhexis
2592:Fat necrosis
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1796:Julian Sands
1786:Ridwan Kamil
1759:Thabo Bester
1753:Natasha Ryan
1696:Toledo, Ohio
1624:Devonte Hart
1616:, worker at
1512:Rilya Wilson
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1318:John Brisker
1290:Oscar Acosta
1232:Jim Thompson
1200:Joe Gaetjens
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1170:Easy Company
1166:World War II
1137:Glenn Miller
1093:Arthur Irwin
1081:Henry Hudson
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1035:Reappearance
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3842: [
3800:Necrophobia
3795:Necrophilia
3765:Immortality
3720:Death squad
3700:Death panel
3685:Death march
3680:Death knell
3660:Death drive
3633:Death deity
3577:Thanatology
3526: [
3472:Legal death
3451:in absentia
3429:Civil death
3274:Examination
3259:Crematorium
3142:Excarnation
2979:After death
2778:Dysthanasia
2744:Brain death
2676:Autoschizis
2654:Phenoptosis
2649:Parthanatos
2639:Necroptosis
2546:In medicine
2378:Der Spiegel
2354:(in German)
2293:October 31,
2038:January 19,
1873:(3): 1275.
1837:Legal death
1827:Faked death
1800:Mount Baldy
1738:Luis RoldĂĄn
1728:, agent of
1716:John Darwin
1530:, American
1502:Scott Smith
1454:, Quranist
1404:John Favara
1306:Jimmy Hoffa
1274:Nick Begich
1264:Khmer Rouge
1254:, American
1236:disappeared
1218:Harold Holt
1176:miniseries
1053:who become
621:English law
542:(Ruffhead:
483:Before 2013
196:court order
148:Jimmy Hoffa
3894:Categories
3770:Last rites
3740:Extinction
3710:Death pose
3705:Death poem
3675:Death hoax
3655:Death camp
3648:Psychopomp
3523:Death tech
3378:Necromancy
3356:Paranormal
3338:Underworld
3190:Dissection
3152:Resomation
3147:Promession
3125:Sky burial
3092:Prosection
3077:Maceration
2788:Euthanasia
2706:Karyolysis
2664:Pyroptosis
2644:Paraptosis
2554:Cell death
2432:Kompas.com
2331:PEOPLE.com
2238:Bay News 9
2194:0684860244
1853:References
1542:Ray Gricar
1528:Bison Dele
1495:Tiger King
1446:Teddy Wang
1408:John Gotti
1270:Hale Boggs
1252:Dana Stone
1248:Sean Flynn
1204:footballer
1202:, Haitian
1194:New Guinea
1073:See also:
1059:kidnapping
1039:See also:
1000:safeguards
976:common law
836:Long title
756:High Court
686:Long title
574:Amended by
520:Long title
450:Dependants
283:common law
91:newspapers
3815:Sacrifice
3810:Predation
3775:Longevity
3565:Taphonomy
3502:Trust law
3457:Death row
3242:Afterlife
3195:Gibbeting
3132:Cremation
3097:Taxidermy
3072:Embalming
2948:Micromort
2894:Mortality
2671:Autolysis
2629:Autophagy
2624:Apoptosis
2471:April 18,
2391:March 14,
2386:2195-1349
2358:March 14,
2313:Expressen
2217:March 14,
2182:Page, Tim
1962:April 11,
1940:April 11,
1918:pkulaw.cn
1782:West Java
1720:fraudster
1618:Chernobyl
1486:Don Lewis
1334:Etan Patz
1095:, former
1016:Cast Away
980:Minnesota
957:Civil Law
700:2013 c 13
457:inherited
230:Carpathia
225:Carpathia
121:June 2009
3869:Category
3839:Thanabot
3790:Necronym
3760:Homicide
3311:Obituary
3299:Mourning
3289:Internet
3232:Cemetery
3107:Disposal
3060:Cryonics
2729:Abortion
2696:Pyknosis
2562:Necrosis
2497:June 28,
2465:Archived
2287:BBC News
2249:March 7,
2106:Archived
1807:See also
1766:Deceased
1598:Budapest
1558:Jim Gray
1506:Loverboy
1400:in 1980.
1260:Cambodia
1228:in 1967.
1214:in 1964.
1208:Papa Doc
1103:in 1921.
1055:homeless
991:petition
863:Scotland
846:Citation
799:Scotland
696:Citation
530:Citation
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3879:Outline
3827:Suicide
3467:Inquest
3434:Coroner
3326:SaáčsÄra
3294:Midwife
3279:Funeral
3254:Customs
3227:Carrion
2926:Karoshi
2739:Autopsy
2619:Anoikis
2438:June 3,
2412:May 13,
1903:May 26,
1879:1483859
1704:amnesia
1456:Islamic
1353:Warship
1156:mobster
1008:justice
984:Georgia
972:statute
949:inquiry
928:missing
772:coroner
768:inquest
643:probate
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374:Ireland
339:Germany
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218:Titanic
214:of the
164:missing
105:scholar
3780:Martyr
3516:Fields
3477:Murder
3393:SĂ©ance
3363:Ghosts
3247:Tukdam
3115:Burial
2997:Stages
2681:Eschar
2460:People
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1536:Tahiti
1460:Kerala
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3586:Other
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3402:Legal
3343:Vigil
3284:Grief
2832:Lists
2539:Death
1652:Alive
1566:, an
1552:Aruba
1384:Uluru
1382:near
1380:dingo
868:Dates
853:c. 27
715:Dates
554:Dates
383:Italy
365:India
299:China
112:JSTOR
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3507:Will
2988:Body
2958:RAMR
2614:AICD
2499:2023
2473:2023
2440:2022
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2295:2016
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2190:ISBN
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2761:DOA
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