death certificate

death certificate definition - legal

n

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 Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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