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death certificate

death certificate noun: a document issued by a medical practitioner, or by a registrar, certifying the date, location and cause of a person's death as later entered in an official register of deaths.

Noun

death certificate (plural death certificates)

  1. A document issued by a medical practitioner, or by a registrar, certifying the date, location and cause of a person's death as later entered in an official register of deaths.
    • Meanwhile, the death certificate was as good as signed by the North Eastern Region on December 1 last, when all mineral workings were withdrawn from the H. & B. route and seven additional services were substituted on the N.E.R. route out of Hull; [...].1959 February, “Talking of Trains: The H. & B.R. fades away”, in Trains Illustrated, page 64

death certificate meaning in Tamil, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese

death certificate in Tamil

இறப்புச் சான்றிதழ்

death certificate in Indonesian

document
surat kematian, akta kematian

death certificate in Thai

document
มรณบัตร mɔɔ-rá-ná-bàt

death certificate in Vietnamese

document
giấy báo tử

Forms of death certificate

pluraldeath certificates

Questions about death certificate

What does death certificate mean?
Death certificate means a document issued by a medical practitioner, or by a registrar, certifying the date, location and cause of a person's death as later entered in an official register of deaths.
What is death certificate in Tamil?
Death certificate in Tamil is இறப்புச் சான்றிதழ். See Death certificate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is death certificate?
Death certificate is a noun.
What is the plural of death certificate?
The plural of death certificate is death certificates.

Words near death certificate in the dictionary

  1. death cap
  2. death caps
  3. death card
  4. death cards
  5. death cell
  6. death certificate
  7. death certificates
  8. death chamber
  9. death chambers
  10. death clerk
  11. death clerks

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