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

Example Sentences

She was given his death certificate later that year but has never found his body.

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Call your father’s bank to inform them of his death, and get a copy of the death certificate by contacting the vital records office in the state or county where he died.

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He obtained a death certificate for Monic from a hospital, but it did not say how she had died.

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"There was an acceptance that we wouldn't find his body, which takes its toll as well because it's… not just to get a death certificate, it's not really about that... it's just the fact that there's no closure."

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By nightfall, the damage is done: another collapse in the dirt, another family handed a death certificate instead of a paycheck.

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