death certificate

noun

: an official document that gives information about a person's death (such as when and how the death happened)

Examples of death certificate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Johnny and Aaron Matthews spent years haranguing the county just to finally get a redacted copy of their sister’s death certificate in 2018. —Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025

Rudd ultimately changed the manner of death on Ben's death certificate from homicide to undetermined. —Stephanie Slifer, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025

An Los Angeles County death certificate obtained by Deadline indicates that Amos died of congestive heart failure at Centinela Hospital Medical Center in Inglewood, on August 21 at 5:18 p.m. PT. —Greg Evans, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2024

According to a death certificate obtained by TMZ and reviewed by PEOPLE, the Alice star died after suffering cardiopulmonary arrest with lung cancer as an underlying cause. —Esther Kang, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025

Legal Definition

death certificate

noun

: a document setting forth information (as age, occupation, and place of birth) relating to a dead person and including a doctor's certification of the cause of death

Note: Death certificates are issued by a particular public official, as a city or town clerk. A death certificate is required to document a person's death for certain purposes, as to file an estate tax return or to probate an estate.