Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dead person.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Going away; departing; seceding.
- noun A deceased person.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A deceased person.
- adjective Removing; departing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law A
dead person.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who is no longer alive
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word decedent.
Examples
-
The applicable timeline for the treatment rendered to the decedent is as follows:
Fourth Department 2007
-
The decedent is not affected at all by the estate tax — only his or her heirs!
Think Progress » Warren Buffett: Major Philanthropist and Opponent of Estate Tax Repeal 2006
-
What about the fact that the only cultures in the past that have been very open about sex – the word decedent comes to mind – were gigantic empires spiraling their way down into destruction – such as Babylon and Rome.
“A healthier, less puritanical culture” arhyalon 2008
-
Is the defense of self defense available for a killing that occurred when both the defendant and the decedent were engaged in an attempt to traffic in cocaine and the decedent was the first to use deadly force?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Drug Dealers’ Self-Defense Against Other Drug Dealers 2009
-
Rudd said people now can type in a name to find out if a case has been filed for a particular person — known as a decedent — or conduct more general searches on which cases were filed in a given month.
-
The stipulation that the decedent was aware of the well - publicized health risks of cigarettes merely places him in the same position as the ordinary consumer or potential consumer of cigarettes.
Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Bars Big Tobacco Defense: Can't Blame the Smoker 2006
-
This theory is bolstered by the fact that the skeletal remains of the head indicated that the decedent was apparently greatly surprised for some unknown reason.
-
This theory is bolstered by the fact that the skeletal remains of the head indicated that the decedent was apparently greatly surprised for some unknown reason.
-
Required minimum distributions for the year of the IRA owner's death but unpaid at the time of death will be referred to as the decedent's unpaid distribution.
October 2005 2005
-
The decedent was a patient at the Central Islip State Hospital where he was initially admitted on November 22, 1970.
Law In The Health and Human Services Donald T. Dickson 1995
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.