foerstafdoede

English translation: first deceased

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Danish term or phrase:foerstafdoede
English translation:first deceased
Entered by: Tania Therien

05:55 Nov 18, 2008
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Genealogy / doedsanmeldelse
Danish term or phrase: foerstafdoede
Also from a registration of death form, in the section discussing the "surviving or previously deceased spouse" there's a box to be filled in that contains: Foerstafdoedes bopael ved doedsfaldet.

"Residence of the first deceased at time of death" seems cumbersome and I'm not sure it would make sense.

Thanks
Tania Therien
Canada
Local time: 14:22
first deceased
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Suzanne Blangsted (X)
Local time: 13:22
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Thanks for the support. It seems like a peculiar construction, but it doesn't look as though there's any way around it.

Thanks!
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4first deceased
Suzanne Blangsted (X)
3decedent
William [Bill] Gray


  

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decedent


Explanation:
This appears to be the commonly used word for someone who dies first in a marriage, or inheritance case.
Also used as an adjective: eg. decedent spouse.

Example sentence(s):
  • "Affidavit of Domicile: Shows the residence of decedent at time of death. Affidavit of Domicile is required when transferring the ownership of a security from a deceased person's name"

    Reference: http://www.dreyfus.com/docs/iv/accounts/shareholder-forms/in...
William [Bill] Gray
Norway
Local time: 21:22
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Asker: Thanks William. I'd never seen this word before. I looked it up in a few general English dictionaries to doublecheck and all of them had it as a legal term but restricted it to a synonym for deceased. None of them noted the possibility that it meant "first deceased." None of the dictionaries were legal dictionaries though ...

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first deceased


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Suzanne Blangsted (X)
Local time: 13:22
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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Thanks for the support. It seems like a peculiar construction, but it doesn't look as though there's any way around it.

Thanks!
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