Re: [LEAPSECS] timestamps on death certificates

From: Markus Kuhn <Markus.Kuhn_at_cl.cam.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 10:40:40 +0100

Peter Bunclark wrote on 2003-06-09 07:15 UTC:
> On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Kevin J. Rowett wrote:
> > Many wills and living trusts these days are written to provide
> > for concurrent death events of both spouses, even to the point of
> > defining concurrent to be within 30 hours of each other.

I wonder where the 30 hours come from. Is is something like 24 h plus
the time zone uncertainty interval in the main habitat of US lawyers?

> So move the deaths exactly (exactly?!!!) 30 hours apart and I'll see you
> in court...

The proper solution might involve teaching lawyers about fuzzy logic.

Markus

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