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WRONGFUL DEATH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wrongful death mean?
• WRONGFUL DEATH (noun)
The noun WRONGFUL DEATH has 1 sense:
1. a death that results from a wrongful act or from negligence; a death that can serve as the basis for a civil action for damages on behalf of the dead person's family or heirs
Familiarity information: WRONGFUL DEATH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A death that results from a wrongful act or from negligence; a death that can serve as the basis for a civil action for damages on behalf of the dead person's family or heirs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("wrongful death" is a kind of...):
death; decease; expiry (the event of dying or departure from life)
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