decedent

CEFRB2

/dɪˈsiːdənt/

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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The decedent's will was read aloud.
“A check of the nightstands revealed large amounts of prescription medication in the decedent’s name,” the coroner’s notes said, according to TMZ.com.
A 2020 study found that MAiD recipients in Ontario tended to be wealthier, less likely to be in institutional care, and more likely to be married than the average Ontario decedent.

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“A check of the nightstands revealed large amounts of prescription medication in the decedent’s name,” the coroner’s notes said, according to TMZ.com.
2009 December 22, New York Post, “‘Dangerous drug mix’ likely killed Brittany”, in The Herald Sun
A 2020 study found that MAiD recipients in Ontario tended to be wealthier, less likely to be in institutional care, and more likely to be married than the average Ontario decedent.
2023 January 10, Sara Miller Llana, Whitney Eulich, Dominique Soguel, “As assisted dying broadens, countries wrestle with new ethical lines”, in The Christian Science Monitor
satisfy every claimant upon the estate of a decedent person
1846, Pennsylvania Law Journal, volume 5

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From Latin decedens, present active participle of decedere (“to depart, die”).