How to Use decedent in a Sentence

decedent

noun

• Being a child, in a sense, worked against the decedent.
  — Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2021
• The claim was filed by Dora Veleta, an heir of the decedent.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2022
• To commit the soul of the decedent to his final reward?
  — John Hirschauer, National Review, 2 Sep. 2017
• It was introduced in 1908 and set at an amount equal to six months of the decedent’s salary.
  — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2017
• Our hearts go out to the decedent, his family and friends.
  — Mark Gomez, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2017
• The decedent was a young person who had a stroke while infected with the virus.
  — USA Today, 10 Dec. 2020
• But for the film, the knight — a decedent of Gloreth, the mythological hero revered for slayed a beast — gets a makeover.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 July 2023
• The decedent's younger son and daughter-in-law were mentioned by name, as was my friend (the older son).
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2020
• The decedent’s younger son and daughter-in-law were mentioned by name, as was my friend (the older son).
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2020
• Your duties are spelled out by the decedent’s will (if there is one), by court order and by statute.
  — Dallas News, 22 May 2022
• When a decedent dies with a will, Texas law does not require that the will be offered for probate.
  — Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2023
• Glover was connected to the decedent through an associate but was not charged in the case.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 24 Sep. 2020
• When one of us dies, will the survivor receive any of the decedent’s benefits?
  — orlandosentinel.com, 23 Sep. 2021
• Once a will is found to be valid, it is distributed according to the wishes of the decedent.
  — Russel Morgan, Forbes, 26 May 2021
• Even with partial remains, there are ways to deduce where the decedent may have come from.
  — Benjamin Preston, Fortune, 24 July 2017
• That means the decedent died leaving no debts other than a mortgage.
  — Dallas News, 3 Jan. 2021
• Usually a grave or crypt has a headstone of some kind that bears the name and other details about the decedent.
  — Mark Evely, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2020
• After the creditors have been paid, the probate court will look to the decedent’s will to determine who gets what.
  — Gary Singer, sun-sentinel.com, 8 July 2021
• Under New York law, a surviving spouse can claim up to one-third of a decedent’s net estate.
  — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 18 June 2021
• For example, any co-signed loans with the decedent or secured debt, such as a mortgage or car loan.
  — Jazmin Goodwin, CNN, 20 Aug. 2021
• There's been no apology to the family of the decedent, has been no apology to the public.
  — Fox News, 3 Feb. 2023
• Sometimes the bodies are decomposed, or there’s no ID on the person and no one in the vicinity knows the decedent’s full name.
  — Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2019
• The executor may possess the weapon of the decedent without fear of prosecution during the term of the probate.
  — Kendra Rey, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2023
• For years, unclaimed decedents have been left behind at the coroner’s office.
  — Jodi Ooten, The Indianapolis Star, 9 June 2023
• The idea is that keeping the decedent in one’s life, in some form, is healthier than the detachment of, for instance, putting Dad six feet under.
  — Glenn McDonald, National Geographic, 17 June 2019
• Two of the decedents, Michael Bauer and John Bartlett, were identified quickly after the discovery.
  — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 25 July 2023
• Go through the decedent’s papers and look for burial instructions.
  — Dallas News, 3 Oct. 2021
• In the midst of grief, the last thing mourners want to deal with is making decisions about what to do with the body or what kind of service or memorial the decedent wanted.
  — Next Avenue, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022
• A downside, however, is that a decedent with a child who predeceased them would not be listed.
  — David Migoya, The Denver Post, 14 June 2017
• Banogon is a decedent of the Gibson family, whose patriarch Charles Gibson was in the late 1800s one of the first settlers to the area that ultimately became the city of Gary.
  — Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2022

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024