Perish
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TO PERISH. To come to an end; to cease to be; to die.
2. What has never existed cannot be said to have perished.
3. When two or more persons die by the same accident, as a shipwreck,
no presumption arises that one perished before the other. Vide Death.
Survivorship.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.