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Fetha Negest — Judgment of the Kings — CHAPTER 21 — THE SICK

Work ID: 6a9dd03c8912631918278ce0 · Chapter ID: 6a9dd03c5a99abc9d4615bfa · Canonical title: Fetha Negest — Judgment of the Kings

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The sick are entitled to care, prayer, truthful counsel, and protection of their property from opportunistic seizure.

Passage ID 6a9dd043e1009ebc24c7a88c · English · translation

2

Serious illness does not automatically eliminate legal capacity. Capacity concerns the person's actual understanding and ability to intend.

Passage ID 6a9dd043e1009ebc24c7a88d · English · translation

3

When a sick person makes a gift, confession, settlement, or will, witnesses should be attentive to coercion and undue influence.

Passage ID 6a9dd043e1009ebc24c7a88e · English · translation

4

Those entrusted with medicine, food, or money for the sick must account for what they receive.

Passage ID 6a9dd043e1009ebc24c7a88f · English · translation

5

The dying shall not be abandoned merely because they cannot pay.

Passage ID 6a9dd043e1009ebc24c7a890 · English · translation

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