(law) In the law of wills, the death of two persons, each of whom would inherit the estate of the other if deemed to have survived the other, where such deaths occur within a time period set by statute (typically 120 hours), because of which the law treats each person as if they had died before the other in determining the distribution of estates.

(archaic) The deadly nightshade.

plural of death erection

A post-mortem priapism observed in the corpses of human males who have been executed, particularly by hanging.

plural of death certificate

A document issued by a medical practitioner, or by a registrar, certifying the date, location and cause of a person's death as later entered in an official register of deaths.

The number of deaths per given unit of population over a given period of time.

plural of death panel

(slang, colloquial, Canada, US, television, dated) a direct-to-home satellite television satellite (used by the cable television provider industry, to describe their competitors and the effect they would have in decimating the cable industry, prior to the introduction of digital satellite television and the three-foot dish revolution)

(biology) The breakdown of the structure of a cell after completion of a number of cell divisions.