Death Certificate Definition

noun
An official document setting forth particulars relating to a dead person, including name, date of birth and death, and cause of death, usually certified to by a doctor as to the cause of death.
Webster's New World Law

A document issued by a medical practitioner, or by a registrar, certifying the date, location and cause of a person's death as later entered in an official register of deaths.

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death certificate
Plural:
death-certificates

Death Certificate Sentence Examples

  • The presumption of death is high so obtaining a death certificate would probably be easy.

  • I can't put both names on a death certificate.

  • Dean explained Cynthia Byrne's request for as much detail as possible in his report to help her obtain a death certificate.

  • Dean explained he'd promised Cynthia Byrne a report, detailed beyond the usual, in an effort to help her in obtaining a death certificate.

  • God, to think I only charged her half-price on her death certificate business just because she was your friend!

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