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Encyclopedia > A Presumption of Death
A Presumption of Death
Early paperback edition cover
Early paperback edition cover
Author Jill Paton Walsh
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Lord Peter Wimsey
Genre(s) Mystery
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Released November 2002
Media Type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN ISBN 0-340-82065-9
Preceded by Thrones, Dominations

A Presumption of Death is a mystery novel by Jill Paton Walsh, based loosely on The Wimsey Papers by Dorothy L. Sayers. These consist of a number or letters written by various Wimseys and published during the war. Image File history File links APresumptionOfDeath. ... Jill Paton Walsh (born 1937) is an English novelist and childrens writer. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey is a fictional character in a series of detective novels and short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers. ... Mystery fiction is a distinct subgenre of detective fiction that entails the occurrence of an unknown event which requires the protagonist to make known (or solve). ... Hodder & Stoughton is a British publishing house, now an imprint of Hodder Headline. ... A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) book is bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with cloth or heavy paper) and a stitched spine. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Thrones, Dominations is a Lord Peter Wimsey murder mystery novel that Dorothy L. Sayers began writing in 1936 but abandoned. ... Detective fiction is a branch of crime fiction that centres upon the investigation of a crime, usually murder, by a detective, either professional or amateur. ... Jill Paton Walsh (born 1937) is an English novelist and childrens writer. ... Dorothy Leigh Sayers (Oxford, 13 June 1893 – Witham, 17 December 1957) was a renowned British author, translator, student of classical and modern languages, and Christian humanist. ...


The novel is set in 1940 wartime England and features Sayer's famous sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey, and his wife, detective novelist Harriet Vane. Due to the origins of the novel, the first part of the book is written entirely in the form of letters between various characters, a device also used to introduce Busman's Honeymoon. 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey is a fictional character in a series of detective novels and short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers. ... Harriet Deborah Vane, Lady Peter Wimsey, is a fictional character in the writings of Dorothy L. Sayers. ... Busmans Honeymoon is a 1937 novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, her eleventh (and last) featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. ...


Plot summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Harriet has evacuated her family to Tallboys, moving there with her three children, with the two children of her sister-in-law, Mary and with Bunter's wife and children. Meanwhile Peter and Bunter are on the continent carrying out undercover work. While Peter is away a murder occurs in the village and the village policeman recruits Harriet to help solve the murder, partly because the police are too busy organising all the changes necessitated by the war and partly because as the wife of a detective, and as a crime novelist she is the best qualified person to find the murderer. Over the course of the novel Peter and Bunter return from the continent, Peter is retired from active service and is able to solve the mystery.

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OSCN Found Document:NORTHWESTERN MUT. LIFE INS. CO. v. RUTLEDGE (2629 words)
Such evidence or presumption, however, may be rebutted or overcome by a proper showing that the insured was seen alive during the seven-year period, or by proof that tends to explain the reasons for the absence of the insured.
In a case involving the presumption of death after seven years' unexplained absence, letters of the absent person to his wife just prior to filial disappearance are admissible as being verbal acts indicating a present purpose and intention and as a part of the res gestae.
In this connection their argument is that the presumption of death does not arise unless the absence is unexplained, and that sufficient evidence was introduced to explain the absence of the insured, and that, therefore, the presumption of death could not, and did not arise.
THE MISSING INSURED AND THE LIFE INSURANCE DEATH CLAIM (5114 words)
Only one case was found in which the presumption of death was applied conclusively to determine the question of death, in the face of substantial evidence casting serious doubt on the insured’s death.
The presumption of death that arises from a seven-year absence (or a shorter period of time that may be prescribed by a particular state statute) does not usually carry a lot of evidentiary weight.
In life insurance cases involving a disappearance of an insured, the actual date of death can be of critical importance because of the amount of interest that will run, the possible imposition of penalties and attorney fees, and the payment of premiums during the running of the presumptive period.
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