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Noun: wrongful death
  1. A death that results from a wrongful act or from negligence; a death that can serve as the basis for a civil action for damages on behalf of the dead person's family or heirs
    "The family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company responsible for the faulty product"

Derived forms: wrongful deaths

Type of: death, decease, expiry

Encyclopedia: Wrongful death