Legal Definitions - en vie

EN VIE

En vie (onvee). [Law French “in life”] Alive.

The term en vie means that someone or something is alive.

• After the car accident, the driver was rushed to the hospital but was still en vie.
• The rescuers were relieved to find the hiker en vie after being lost in the wilderness for three days.

In the first example, the term en vie is used to describe the driver's condition after the car accident. It means that the driver was still alive despite the accident.

In the second example, the term en vie is used to describe the hiker's condition after being lost in the wilderness. It means that the hiker was found alive after three days of being lost.