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death certificate

noun

  1. a certificate signed by a doctor, giving pertinent identifying information, as age and sex, about a deceased person and certifying the time, place, and cause of death.


death certificate

noun

  1. a legal document issued by a qualified medical practitioner certifying the death of a person and stating the cause if known


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Example Sentences

Q: You signed the death certificate, but you never saw the body?

The private investigator contacted the doctor who was listed on the death certificate, which is required by law in California.

We began our search by consulting Mike's father's death certificate.

After Elvis was pronounced dead, Dr. Nick signed the death certificate.

By the way, you can easily put your hand on your birth certificate, as well as the death certificate of your father, I suppose?

The doctor who had attended the child refused a death certificate.

Pander had come at the captain's order for the stoker's death certificate.

The remainder of the day was spent in getting the death certificate and observing other formalities.

A death-certificate is not always made out quite so simply as the public thinks.

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