decedent

Speech parts

1. decedent - Noun

2. decedent - Adjective

Meaning

Removing; departing.

A deceased person.

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I wonder what the dead person would have done Source: Internet

As a polite reference to a dead person, it has become common practice to use the participle form of "decease", as in the deceased; another noun form is decedent. Source: Internet

Because certain assets of a decedent have a pre-named beneficiary, Alabama inheritance laws do not require them to be part of the probate or intestate succession processes. Source: Internet

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent's estate on whom a copy of this notice is served within three months after the date of the first publication of this notice must file their claims with this Court. Source: Internet

Colorado requires that an individual survive a decedent by at least 120 hours, or five days, in order to become a valid heir under intestate succession law. Source: Internet

But if a decedent leaves surviving stepchildren and no spouse or blood relatives, they become legal intestate heirs. Source: Internet

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