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- DictionaryDeath cer·tif·i·cate/deTH ˌsərˈtifəkāt/
noun
- 1. an official statement, signed by a physician, of the cause, date, and place of a person's death.
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A death certificate is either a legal document issued by a medical practitioner which states when a person died, or a document issued by a government civil registration office, that declares the date, location and cause of a person's death, as entered in an official register of deaths. An official death certificate is usually required to be provided when applying for probate or administration of a... Wikipedia