incapacitate

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A power of attorney usually looks after a person’s finances while they have diminished capacity; a durable power of attorney would continue to carry out these duties after if/when your brother becomes incapacitated.

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Dragging the incapacitated along on sledges, the rescuers struggled back to the Advance, enduring snow blindness and frostbite.

From Literature

Furthermore, a durable power of attorney remains valid when the principal — your relative, in this case — becomes incapacitated.

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A revocable living trust can help simplify the management of your finances if you become incapacitated and would typically allow your son to access his inheritance more quickly than if they had gone through probate.

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Electroshock weapons are designed to temporarily incapacitate suspects with a shock before police detain them.

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