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* ''Series/SoHelpMeTodd'': The client in "Faux-Bituary" was declared legally dead after a hacker sent out a fake death notice from the hospital and a fake obituary from a funeral home, Todd and Margaret need to figure out who before his assets are seized in probate court.
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* ''VisualNovel/NoCaseShouldRemainUnsolved'': Inverted with [[spoiler:Kim Seowon]] whose name is on the list of children stated to start school because her death has never been reported.
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* ''Literature/WaywardChildren'': Eleanor West runs a boarding school for children who have been TrappedInAnotherWorld, some of whom were presumed or declared dead due to the nature of their disappearance. When those children [[YouCantGoHomeAgain can't]] or won't reconnect with their families, she keeps a forger on retainer to produce new legal identities.
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* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': In ''Literature/UndeenAcademicals'' it's revealed that the city of Ankh-Morpork has a similar ruling, although the consequences are not for the person who died. People who commit murder are hanged. If their victim is only briefly dead (being brought back by [[MadScientist an Igor]]), they will only be [[GallowsHumor briefly hanged]]. (However, this trope doesn't actually apply to Nutt, because he was brought back by [[OurOrcsAreDifferent his orc biology]], not Igor, and therefore ''wasn't'' really dead.)
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* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': In ''Literature/UndeenAcademicals'' ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'' it's revealed that the city of Ankh-Morpork has a similar ruling, although the consequences are not for the person who died. People who commit murder are hanged. If their victim is only briefly dead (being brought back by [[MadScientist an Igor]]), they will only be [[GallowsHumor briefly hanged]]. (However, this trope doesn't actually apply to Nutt, because he was brought back by [[OurOrcsAreDifferent his orc biology]], not Igor, and therefore ''wasn't'' really dead.)
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* ''Series/MurdochMysteries'': The titular scam in "The Murodch Sting" turns on this point of law. A wealthy bank official goes missing and does turn up dead, but there's no evidence to charge the suspect [[spoiler:Eva Pearce]] with his murder. Murdoch and company persuade the suspect that she's due to inherit half the banker's substantial estate, then close the investigation with the man still officially missing, forcing the banker's heirs to wait seven years to collect. The idea is to catch her in the place the body was found, since if she killed the guy and hid his body there, this demonstration of the guilty knowledge would clinch the case against her. [[spoiler:Despite her best efforts, it works and Murdoch catches her in the act of searching the pond for the body.]]
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* ''Series/MurdochMysteries'': The titular scam in "The Murodch Murdoch Sting" turns on this point of law. A wealthy bank official goes missing and does turn up dead, but there's no evidence to charge the suspect [[spoiler:Eva Pearce]] with his murder. Murdoch and company persuade the suspect that she's due to inherit half the banker's substantial estate, then close the investigation with the man still officially missing, forcing the banker's heirs to wait seven years to collect. The idea is to catch her in the place the body was found, since if she killed the guy and hid his body there, this demonstration of the guilty knowledge would clinch the case against her. [[spoiler:Despite her best efforts, it works and Murdoch catches her in the act of searching the pond for the body.]]
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* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** The city of Ankh-Morpork has a similar ruling, although the consequences are not for the person who died. People who commit murder are hanged. If their victim is only briefly dead, they will only be [[GallowsHumor briefly hanged]].
** Later volumes expanded on the "briefly" part: if the victim lives, but had to be revived by [[MadScientist an Igor]], it still counts as Murder, rather than Attempted Murder. (However, in ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'' this trope doesn't actually apply to Nutt, because he was brought back by [[OurOrcsAreDifferent his orc biology]], not the Igor.)
** The city of Ankh-Morpork has a similar ruling, although the consequences are not for the person who died. People who commit murder are hanged. If their victim is only briefly dead, they will only be [[GallowsHumor briefly hanged]].
** Later volumes expanded on the "briefly" part: if the victim lives, but had to be revived by [[MadScientist an Igor]], it still counts as Murder, rather than Attempted Murder. (However, in ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'' this trope doesn't actually apply to Nutt, because he was brought back by [[OurOrcsAreDifferent his orc biology]], not the Igor.)
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* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** The''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': In ''Literature/UndeenAcademicals'' it's revealed that the city of Ankh-Morpork has a similar ruling, although the consequences are not for the person who died. People who commit murder are hanged. If their victim is only briefly dead, dead (being brought back by [[MadScientist an Igor]]), they will only be [[GallowsHumor briefly hanged]].
** Later volumes expanded on the "briefly" part: if the victim lives, but had to be revived by [[MadScientist an Igor]], it still counts as Murder, rather than Attempted Murder.hanged]]. (However, in ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'' this trope doesn't actually apply to Nutt, because he was brought back by [[OurOrcsAreDifferent his orc biology]], not the Igor.Igor, and therefore ''wasn't'' really dead.)
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** Later volumes expanded on the "briefly" part: if the victim lives, but had to be revived by [[MadScientist an Igor]], it still counts as Murder, rather than Attempted Murder.
