decedent

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

decedent
    n 1: someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead
         person would have done" [syn: {dead person}, {dead soul},
         {deceased person}, {deceased}, {decedent}, {departed}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Decedent \De*ce"dent\, a. [L. decedens, p. pr. of decedere.]
   Removing; departing. --Ash.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Decedent \De*ce"dent\, n.
   A deceased person. --Bouvier.
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from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

DECEDENT. In the acts of descent and distribution in Pennsylvania, this word 
is frequently used for a deceased person, testate or intestate.

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