Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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decessus

n. [fr. Latin decedere "to depart"] 1. Roman law. A death. 2. A departure. ( This term has been used in both the civil and common law, esp. in reference to the desertion of a ground in a previous pleading in favor of another. See DEPARTURE.