decedent

[ dih-seed-nt ]

/ dɪˈsid nt /

a deceased person.

Origin of decedent

1590–1600; < Latin dēcēdent- (stem of dēcēdēns) departing, withdrawing, present participle of dēcēdere. See decease, -ent

decd, decd., dece, decease, deceased, decedent, decedent estate, deceit, deceitful, deceivable, deceive

Again, in settling the estate of the deceased person, personal property is always to be used first to pay the decedent's debts.

Commercial Law |Samuel Williston, Richard D. Currier, and Richard W. Hill
The decedent left a son, but he was of another gens and consequently incapable of succeeding.

Ancient Society |Lewis Henry Morgan
The phrators of the decedent in a body were the mourners, and the members of the opposite phratry conducted the ceremonies.

Ancient Society |Lewis Henry Morgan
Each party claimed a right to inherit the lands of the decedent, according to the laws.

Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson |Thomas Jefferson

Outside of this little group of States, the decedent may be tucked away informally underground and no one be the wiser for it.

McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. |Various

decedent

/ (dɪˈsiːdənt) /

law, mainly US a deceased person

C16: from Latin dēcēdēns departing; see decease