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- noun Plural form of
decedent .
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Examples
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Expert testimony at the trial showed that if Ford had put steel reinforcement in the roof as it later did in the 1980 and later-model Broncos to maintain “adequate survival space” and to keep the plastic section of the roof from breaking off, the three seat-belted decedents would have “walked away” from this accident.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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In the matrix, Sunni schools endorse whoever the Muslim community chooses to lead it as legitimate ruler, while Shiite Islam assigns religious and political leadership to the decedents of the Prophet as infallible Imams, on behalf of which the Shiite scholars act as agents.
Alon Ben-Meir: Arab Spring and Revival of Islamic State Alon Ben-Meir 2011
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The flowers served many roles in that they told us about each of the decedents, true, but even more about Clara herself.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Interview: Amy MacKinnon, part 2 2009
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"With all decedents, we study everything we can find out about the person's background, and we consider everything we learn," he said.
The curious case of the corpse in the car trunk Paul Duggan 2010
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Zombies Thinking about decedents estates. [law:/dev/null]
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It matters very much to both individuals, their communities, their decedents, and the nation they hail from whether they are from a nation of computer chip makers or potato chip makers.
Borjas: What's His Problem?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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All were presumed lost. †“Do you think anybody could still be alive? †“Their decedents, perhaps.
365 tomorrows » featured writer : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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All the decedents had one or more several health conditions that were unrelated to imported drywall.
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In court papers, Ms. Brennan and other city attorneys argued that the medical examiner's "longstanding practice" of disclosing cause of death has been "applied equally to all decedents whether public figures or otherwise, is supported by public policy and reflects the independence of the OCME Office of Chief Medical Examiner from other city agencies."
City Autopsy Disclosures Challenged Sean Gardiner 2012
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Zombies Thinking about decedents estates. [law:/dev/null]
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