deceased

  1. Adjective.  No longer alive.
  2. Adjective.  Belonging to the dead.
  3. Adjective.  (legal) : One who has died. In '''property law''', the alternate term decedent is generally used. In '''criminal law''', “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.
  4. Noun.  A dead person.
  5. Noun.  (''plural'' '''deceased''') dead people.
  6. Noun.  (legal) : One who has died. In '''property law''', the alternate term decedent is generally used. In '''criminal law''', “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.

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