decedent

as in deceased
US, law a dead person a tax on the estate of the decedent

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Recent Examples of decedent Days after a human skull and bones washed ashore on a beach in Palos Verdes Estates, authorities are still trying to identify the decedent and the cause of death, officials said. Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024 Other records include maps, old photographs, funeral home records and even death certificates, which can list the decedent’s parents. La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2024 Any adult person in the next degree of kinship in the order named by law to inherit the estate of the decedent. Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Mar. 2024 Federal Estate & Gift Tax The federal estate tax exclusion for decedents dying will increase to $13,990,000 per person (up from $13,610,000 in 2024) or $27,980,000 per married couple in 2025. Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for decedent 

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