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Definition of Predecease
1. Verb. Die before; die earlier than. "She predeceased her husband"
Definition of Predecease
1. v. t. To die sooner than.
2. n. The death of one person or thing before another.
Definition of Predecease
1. Noun. The death of one person or thing before another. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To die sooner than. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Predecease
1. [v -CEASED, -CEASING, -CEASES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Predecease
Literary usage of Predecease
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies in Roman Law, with Comparative Views of the Laws of France, England by Thomas Mackenzie Mackenzie (1865)
"From the nature a mori{s causa bequest it only becomes effectual at the testator's
death, and must necessarily fall by the predecease of the legatee. ..."
2. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1844)
"BUL holding, ex hypothesi, that the li^bt did vest in him notwithstanding his
predecease, there ought to be no difference as to the form of ..."
3. Cases Decided by the House of Lords on Appeals and Writs of Error by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Charles Hope Maclean, George Robinson (1840)
"... any thing to operate upon in the son's estate, in the event of the son's
predecease; but they predecease, and therefore it has nothing to operate upon. ..."
4. The Law of Wills by Isaac Fletcher Redfield (1866)
"Where a gift over is made to depend upon the predecease of another, the fact that
such decease occurs in the life of the testator will not defeat the gift ..."
5. Studies in Roman Law: With Comparative Views of the Laws of France, England by Thomas Mackenzie Mackenzie, John Kirkpatrick (1876)
"... of a mortis causa bequest it only becomes effectual at the of legatee.
testator's death, and must necessarily fall by the predecease of the legatee.6 As ..."
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