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decedent

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de·ce·dent  (d-sdnt)
n. Law
A dead person.

[Latin dcdns, dcdent-, present participle of dcdere, to depart, die; see decease.]

decedent [dɪˈsiːdənt]
n
(Law) Law chiefly US a deceased person
[from Latin dēcēdēns departing; see decease]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.decedent - someone who is no longer alivedecedent - someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done"
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
dead - people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead"
infernal - an inhabitant of Hell; "his roar made the infernals quake"
living dead, zombie, zombi - a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force


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PDE2009-1061 NOTICE Last known address of decedent: 2309 Clapboard Hill Road Little Rock, Arkansas 72227 Date of Death: May 16, 2009 The undersigned was appointed Administrator of the estate of the above named decedent on July 14, 2009.
The decedent was admitted to the rehabilitation unit at Suburban on June 27, 2001.
The proposed regulations would measure the amount of corpus needed to generate sufficient income to produce the payments that would have been due even after the decedent's death, as if the decedent had survived and continued to receive the retained interest.
 
 
 
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