Not really. My country’s legal system, at least, foresees that someone may be mistakenly declared dead and so provides in the Todeserklärungsgesetz (§ 24):
(1)Wenn der für tot Erklärte persönlich vor Gericht erscheint und die Aufhebung der Todeserklärung verlangt, so hat das Gericht, falls die Identität des Antragstellers mit dem für tot Erklärten unzweifelhaft feststeht, ohne weiteres Verfahren die Aufhebung der Todeserklärung auszusprechen.
which translates to:
If the person who has been declared dead appears personally in front of a court and demands the cancellation of the declaration of death, then the court has to, if there is no doubt as to the identity of the applicant with the person who has been declared dead, without further procedure declare the annulment of the declaration of death.
I actually know about this law from a book (I think) about amusing laws and court decisions. It certainly does sound funny to have a sentence start “if the person who has been declared dead appears personally in front of a court”.
Not really. My country’s legal system, at least, foresees that someone may be mistakenly declared dead and so provides in the Todeserklärungsgesetz (§ 24):
which translates to:
“Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.”
I actually know about this law from a book (I think) about amusing laws and court decisions. It certainly does sound funny to have a sentence start “if the person who has been declared dead appears personally in front of a court”.