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DAR
- Abbreviation for National Society Daughters of the American
Revolution
death
certificate - Written account of a death in the form of a
certificate created for and maintained by a government agency
death
notice - Brief account of a death published in a newspaper
death
record - Written account of a death
decedent
- Deceased person
declaration
of intention - Document filed by an alien in a court declaring
his intention to apply for citizenship after fulfillment of the
residency requirement; also known as first papers
deed
- Document that transfers title to property from one private party
to another
deed
of gift - Document that transfers title to property from one
private party to another without a normal purchase price
deed
of partition - Document by which two or more persons who are
co-owners of property divide the property into individual ownership
of distinct parts of the property
delayed
birth certificate - Birth certificate issued, often many years
after the event, to a person whose birth was not officially recorded
when it occurred
denomination
- Religious organization
descendant
- Person who is descended from another person, for example, a
child, grandchild, or great-grandchild
dower
- Right of a widow to a life estate in a portion of the real property
owned by her deceased husband
dwelling
number - Number assigned to a dwelling, including a single
household or multiple households, on a census schedule