MORTIS CAUSA
\mˈɔːtiz kˈɔːsə], \mˈɔːtiz kˈɔːsə], \m_ˈɔː_t_i_z k_ˈɔː_s_ə]\
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Lat. By reason of death; iu contemplation of death. Thus used in the phrase "Donatio mortis causa," (q. v.) Mortis momentum est ultimum vita momentum. The last moment of life is the moment of death. Terrill v. Public Adm'r, 4 Bradf. Sur. (N. Y.) 245, 250.
By Henry Campbell Black
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).