How to Use decedent in a Sentence

decedent

noun
  • Thus, in the case of a decedent, the estate is held liable for the debt.
    — Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Those reports also note the decedent’s names and ages.
    — David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 10 Dec. 2025
  • The decedent was a young person who had a stroke while infected with the virus.
    — USA Today, 10 Dec. 2020
  • That means the decedent died leaving no debts other than a mortgage.
    — Dallas News, 3 Jan. 2021
  • 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
  • Even with partial remains, there are ways to deduce where the decedent may have come from.
    — Benjamin Preston, Fortune, 24 July 2017
  • The identity of the decedents has not yet been confirmed.
    — Tracy Wright , Christina Dugan Ramirez , Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 15 Dec. 2025
  • This means the decedent had the power to revoke or reacquire the trust assets.
    — Ashley Case, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Glover was connected to the decedent through an associate but was not charged in the case.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 24 Sep. 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
  • 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
  • When one of us dies, will the survivor receive any of the decedent’s benefits?
    — orlandosentinel.com, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The masks were made directly on the decedents' skulls, covering their jaw and face.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • For years, unclaimed decedents have been left behind at the coroner’s office.
    — Jodi Ooten, The Indianapolis Star, 9 June 2023
  • Once a will is found to be valid, it is distributed according to the wishes of the decedent.
    — Russel Morgan, Forbes, 26 May 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
  • Go through the decedent’s papers and look for burial instructions.
    — Dallas News, 3 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • The probate estate remains liable for the decedent’s debts.
    — Virginia Hammerle, Dallas Morning News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Police and the coroner’s office took the decedent, according to the cruise line.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 11 May 2026
  • 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
  • The decedent’s wishes will be filled only with the remaining balance.
    — Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Police later found the van abandoned a few blocks away with the keys in the ignition and the decedent's dogs inside.
    — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Details on firearm ownership were missing for 23% of the decedents.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • There's been no apology to the family of the decedent, has been no apology to the public.
    — Fox News, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The sheriff's office has not publicly identified the decedent.
    — Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 13 May 2026

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