Deceased
The term deceased is used to indicate a person who had recently died. Recently dead individuals are termed as deceased. Death, can be understood as the permanent, irreversible cessation of all biological functions which are important for the sustenance of a living organism. The legal definition of death is hence sometimes death of the brain death or the condition at which the brain has stopped working. The body of a previously living organism normally begin to decompose very shortly post death. The deceased family performs the last rites of the person, which involves social and cultural norms like that of the funeral, a ceremony which occurs after the death of a person. This involves many ceremonies which differs from one culture to another culture.