U.S. Code > Title 10 > Subtitle A > Part II > Chapter 75 > Subchapter I – Death Investigations
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Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 10 > Subtitle A > Part II > Chapter 75 > Subchapter I - Death Investigations
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7