Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

immediate death

1 See instantaneous death. 2. A death occurring within a short time after an injury or seizure, but not instantaneously. "A distinction has been made between 'instantaneous' and 'immediate' death As an example of 'immediate' rather than 'instantaneous' death the situation in which a blow on the head produces unconsciousness and renders the victim incapable of intelligent thought, speech, or action for several minutes until he dies." 22A Am. Jur. 2d Death § 43, at 159 (1988).