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Definition of Deceased

1. Adjective. Dead. "Our dear departed friend"

2. Noun. Someone who is no longer alive. "I wonder what the dead person would have done"

Definition of Deceased

1. a. Passed away; dead; gone.

Definition of Deceased

1. Adjective. No longer alive ¹

2. Adjective. Belonging to the dead. ¹

3. Adjective. (legal) : One who has died. In '''property law''', the alternate term decedent is generally used. In '''criminal law''', “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide. ¹

4. Noun. A dead person ¹

5. Noun. (''plural'' '''deceased''') dead people ¹

6. Noun. (legal) : One who has died. In '''property law''', the alternate term decedent is generally used. In '''criminal law''', “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deceased

1. decease [v] - See also: decease

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deceased

decayable decayed decayedness decayer decayers decayeth decaying decayless decays deccagynous

deccan hemp deccapodous deccie deccies decease deceased (current term) deceased person deceaser deceasers deceases

deceasing decedent decedents deceit deceitful deceitfull deceitfully deceitfulness deceitfulnesses deceitless

Literary usage of Deceased

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"The deceased said he did not, got out of his car, took a position near his son, ... The deceased said: "I bag which he had left at the home of Mc- ..."

2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1916)
"Clarkson Jones, son of Josiah and Mary A. Jones, deceased, of China, ... Israel Owen, son of Nathaniel and Phebe Owen of China, both deceased, ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"They were founded chiefly, though not solely, to assist deceased members with prayers, Mass, and all works of Christian charity. Critical investigators ..."

4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"91, 63 NW 255. it was held that where the estate of a deceased person has been fully administered, and a decree of distribution has been made, assigning the ..."

5. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"Burial of deceased.—He must bury the deceased in a manner suitable to the estate which he leaves behind him. Necessary funeral expenses are allowed, ..."

6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1844)
"A caveat was entered in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury by Eleanor Campion, the sister and sole next of kin of the deceased. The grounds, upon which the ..."

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