Black’s Law Dictionary, 1st Edition, page 338:
DECEDENT. A deceased person; one who haslalely died. Etymologically the word denotes a person who is dying, but it has come to be used in law as signifying any defunct person, (testate or intestate.) but al ways with reference to the settlement of his estate or the execution of his will.
Black’s Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition, page 336:
DECEDENT. A deceased person; one who haslalely died. Etymologically the word denotes a person who is dying, but it has come to be used in law as signifying any defunct person, (testate or intestate.) but al ways with reference to the settlement of his estate or the execution of his will.
Black’s Law Dictionary, 3rd Edition, page 528:
DECEDENT. A deceased person; one who haslalely died. Etymologically the word denotes a person who is dying, but it has come to be used in law as signifying any defunct person, (testate or intestate.) but al ways with reference to the settlement of his estate or the execution of his will.
Black’s Law Dictionary, 4th Edition, page 493:
DECEDENT. A deceased person; one who haslalely died. Etymologically the word denotes a person who is dying, but it has come to be used in law as signifying any defunct person, (testate or intestate.) but al ways with reference to the settlement of his estate or the execution of his will. In re Zeph’s Estate, 50 Hun, 523, 3 N.Y.S. 460.
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