Living will

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1. A contingency plan of how a financial institution could be wound up in the event of a collapse.

A requirement of the US Dodd-Frank financial reform law for financial institutions with more than $250 billion in assets.


2. More generally, a set of instructions which specifies what actions are to be taken if a person is unable to do so due to illness or incapacity.

Also known as an advance decision.