death certificate

noun

: an official document that gives information about a person's death (such as when and how the death happened)

Examples of death certificate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

According to a death certificate obtained by TMZ and reviewed by PEOPLE, the Alice star died after suffering cardiopulmonary arrest with lung cancer as an underlying cause. —Esther Kang, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025

Court documents allege that Wagner coerced social media companies into deleting accounts of his critics and, in one instance, used a fake death certificate of a former investor to have their profile removed. —Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2024

She was subsequently listed as the informant on Cox's death certificate and given the grant of probate, according to the outlet. —Escher Walcott, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024

But a medical examiner's death certificate lists a man with Baena's name and date of birth dying at a residence in Hollywood. —Chloe Veltman, NPR, 4 Jan. 2025

Legal Definition

death certificate

noun

: a document setting forth information (as age, occupation, and place of birth) relating to a dead person and including a doctor's certification of the cause of death

Note: Death certificates are issued by a particular public official, as a city or town clerk. A death certificate is required to document a person's death for certain purposes, as to file an estate tax return or to probate an estate.