Morty took a deep breath before stepping onto the stage to give his speech.

The coroner's assistant accidentally typed rigour mortis in the report, unaware it was a misspelling of the proper term.

The town's housing market showed signs of brickor mortis last winter, with only a handful of homes changing hands.

The coroner noted that rigor mortis had already set in, which helped estimate the time of death.

The coroner noted algor mortis as evidence that the death had occurred several hours earlier.

The priest whispered a final prayer in articulo mortis as the old man slipped away.

The detective observed livor mortis on the victim's abdomen, which helped estimate the time of death.

The lawyer argued that the necklace qualified as a donatio mortis causa, since the testator had given it in the belief that death was imminent and intended it to pass only upon death.

The lawyer explained that the donationes mortis causa would only take effect upon the testator's death.

The cabinetmaker mortised the tenon into the rail before assembling the frame.