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(noun) - Death; departure from life, not including civil death, (see DEATH.)(verb) - To die; to depart life, or from life. This has always been a common term in Scotch law. … [Read more...] about DECEASE

The transfer of debt or debt accounts from a creditor to a third party so as to absolve the debt account owner from debt to the third party. An assignment of debt accounts. … [Read more...] about DEBT ASSIGNMENT

A person who has died. See decedent. … [Read more...] about DECEASED

A person working in the collections department of a company to whom a debt is owed or also an employee of a collection agency hired to find and collect money from debtors. … [Read more...] about DEBT COLLECTOR

This word is frequently used for a deceased person, testate or intestate. A deceased person; one who has lately died. Etymologically the word denotes a person who is dying, but It has come to be used in law as signifying any defunct person, (testate or intestate,) but always with reference to the settlement of his estate or the execution of his will … [Read more...] about DECEDENT