Defunct
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Deceased; a deceased person. D EG ASTER (Law Fr.) To waste. Deflros*, degaste, degata, wasted, destroyed. Kelham.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Dead; a decedent.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Deceased; a deceased persen. A common term in Scotch law.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In Scots law. Deceased; a deceased person,
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
a term used for one that is deceased or dead. In some acts of assembly in Pennsylvania, such deceased person is called a decedent (q. v-)