Death certificate

Definition - 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
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.



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due process clause

a clause in a constitution prohibiting the government from depriving a person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law


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