English-Finnish translations for deceased

• kuollut
  Jos luovuttaja on esimerkiksi kuollut, toisissa jäsenvaltioissa edellytetään suostumusta ja toisissa ei. For example, if the donor is deceased, some presume consent whereas others do not.
  Toisessa järjestelmässä oletetaan, että kuollut luovuttaja olisi suostunut elinsiirtoon. In one system, it is presumed that the deceased donor would have consented to the transplantation.
  Puolassa soluja, kudoksia ja elimiä voidaan ottaa menehtyneiltä luovuttajilta, jos kuollut henkilö ei ole rekisteröitynyt elinten luovutuksen kieltämistä koskevaan keskusrekisteriin. In Poland, cells, tissues and organs can be taken from deceased donors if the person who has died had not registered with the Central Register of Objections.

Definition of deceased

• No longer alive, dead
• Belonging to the dead
• One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide
• A dead person
• One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used in US English. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide

Examples

• The executor’s commission for winding up the deceased estate was 3.5%
• The deceased was interred in his local churchyard.
• a memorial to the deceased of two World Wars

Related words

• predeceased
• deceased; defunct
• the deceased