Usually means: Death caused by negligent actions.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. wrongful death: Merriam-Webster
  2. wrongful death: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. wrongful death: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. wrongful death: Vocabulary.com
  5. wrongful-death: Wordnik
  6. wrongful death: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. wrongful death: Dictionary.com
  8. Wrongful death: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. wrongful death: Rhymezone
  10. wrongful death: FreeDictionary.org
  11. wrongful death: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. wrongful death: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. wrongful death: Wiktionary

Business (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. wrongful death: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  3. wrongful death: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  7. International Law Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Wrongful Death: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wrongful death: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (wrongful death)

▸ noun:  (law) A civil claim against a person who can be held liable for the death of another.

Similar:
involuntary manslaughter, homicide, Unlawful killing, negligent death, abatement, conniving, malpractice, misfeasance, misprision, abuse, more...

Opposite:
lawful killing, non-criminal death

Phrases:
wrongful death statute, Wrongful death claim, more...

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Similar:
involuntary manslaughter, homicide, Unlawful killing, negligent death, abatement, conniving, malpractice, misfeasance, misprision, abuse, more...

Opposite:
lawful killing, non-criminal death

Phrases:
wrongful death statute, Wrongful death claim, more...



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