decedent

4 definitions found

decedent - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Decedent \De*ce"dent\, a. [L. decedens, p. pr. of decedere.]
     Removing; departing. --Ash.
     [1913 Webster]

  Decedent \De*ce"dent\, n.
     A deceased person. --Bouvier.
     [1913 Webster]

decedent - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]

decedent - 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.