Decedent definition:
An individual who has died.
In law, an individual who has died.
Synomous with the deceased.
Decedent A person who has died, also called the deceased.
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DECEDENT - Person who has died.
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Deceased / Decedent: A person who has died.
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care: A written document in which a person names an individual to make health care related decisions for them in the event that they are no longer able to do so ...
Decedent: A deceased person.
Decision: The judgment reached or given by a court of law.
Declaratory Judgment: Judicial adjudication of the rights of the parties in a lawsuit made to clarify the parties' legal positions.
decedent - A person who has died.
decision - The result of a proceeding before a legal tribunal.
Decedent: A deceased person.
Declarant: The person who makes a statement, usually written, such as a Living Will.
Declaration: A formal statement intended fo legal significance; e.g., a "declaration of trusst" creates the trust.
decedent
n. the person who has died, sometimes referred to as the "deceased".
decedent: In criminal law, it means a murder victim; in probate law, it means a dead person.
decision: A court's judgment or decree that settles a dispute. (See also decree, judgment.) ...
decedent A deceased person; usually refers to a person who has died recently, or whose death is the subject of a civil or criminal case.
DECEDENT -- A person who had died.
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT -- A judgment of a court determining the rights of the parties or giving the court’s opinion on a legal point, without ordering that anything be done.
DECEDENT. In the acts of descent and distribution in Pennsylvania, this word is frequently used for a deceased person, testate or intestate.
Decedent
Definition - Noun
[Latin decedent- decedens, present participle of decedere to depart, die]
: a deceased person <the estate of the ~>
Pronunciationdi-'sEd-nt ...
For example, in a will contest where a decedent leaves millions to his stockbroker, instead of to his own children or other blood relatives (whom the law presumes to be the natural objects of the decedent’s bounty), ...
probate - Court procedure by which a will is proved to be valid or invalid; though in current usage this term has been expanded to generally refer to the legal process wherein the estate of a decedent is administered.
Although a transfer tax, it is based on the amount in the decedent's estate (including distribution from a trust at the death) and can include insurance proceeds.
CLAIMS : Liabilities of the decedent whether arising in contract or otherwise and liabilities of the estate which arise after the death of the decedent including funeral expenses and expenses of administration.
Administrator - 1. A person appointed by the court to manage the assets and liabilities of a decedent. 2. A court official.
Admissible evidence - Evidence that can be legally and properly introduced in a civil or criminal trial.
Testamentary: Providing for the disposition of property after death by a will and therefore in accordance with the personal desires of decedent.
Claim -A debt owing by a debtor to another person or business. In probate parlance, the term used for debts of the decedent and a procedure that must be followed by a creditor to obtain payment from his estate.
The failure of a bequest from a will because the property is no longer in the estate. For example, if the decedent leaves "My car to my niece", but owns no car at the time of death.
Ancillary - A proceeding which is auxiliary or subordinate to another proceeding. In probate, a proceeding in a state where a decedent owned property but was not domiciled.
escheat - In American law, the right of the state to an estate left vacant, to which no one makes a valid claim. Property of a decedent who had no will and no heirs escheats to the state.
Wrongful Death Statute
A state statute defining and limiting the types of compensation recoverable by survivors of a decedent in an action resulting from another's negligence.
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