0 past simple and past participle of predecease
The fact that one of his sons predeceased him by a few years was a huge blow.
He also stipulated that his wife's relatives were not to claim back her dowry in case she predeceased him.
The share of a predeceased son devolved on the son's sons, or, failing this, on the son's son's sons.
In a case in which the father had predeceased the child, that would not be the position.
His wife, who predeceased him, left her residuary estate for the same purpose.
Under her will she gave her life interest to her second husband, her first husband having predeceased her.
Widows will then have all the rights and obligations of the tenancies previously enjoyed by the landlords who predeceased them.
His wife having predeceased him, the tenancy will pass, under existing law, to an unmarried son living with him, aged 40.
