I've often seen the term December'd used in will abstracts, and wondered what, exactly, it meant......and, I've never been able to find it in a dictionary or listings of legal terms. What I've 'heard', for what it's worth, is that the original will used dec'd as a shortcut for the word deceased, and someone simply misinterpreted it as December'd....makes sense to me. S. I think all the "December" occurrences in the below will should be "deceased"

Sounds plausible to me. Another guess is that possibly the extractor was using a word processor with spell check and "word completion/abbreviation expander/quick spell" features turned on and wasn't particularly aware of a couple of the odder foibles of such programs. These things are very literal. The program would complete the "partial word" the minute you typed in the apostrophe (end of the word for these purposes) and dec'd would instantly become December'd. If you didn't go back and carefully check your work, you might not even notice it had happened and if you were a good touch typist, you would be reading your document and not watching the screen. I have a couple of programs at work that operate in that fashion. I hates them, I does!!!! Ehen you want the abbreviation, the programs won't let you have it. G >>> Sandra Ferguson <[email protected]> 1/10/10 11:15 AM >>> I've often seen the term December'd used in will abstracts, and wondered what, exactly, it meant......and, I've never been able to find it in a dictionary or listings of legal terms. What I've 'heard', for what it's worth, is that the original will used dec'd as a shortcut for the word deceased, and someone simply misinterpreted it as December'd....makes sense to me. S. I think all the "December" occurrences in the below will should be "deceased" CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication with its contents may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. It is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). Unauthorized interception, review, use or disclosure is prohibited and may violate applicable laws including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the communication.