DECAPITATION

The act of beheading. A mode of capital punishment by cutting off the head. DECEASE, n. Death; del!)arture from life, not including· civil death, (see DEATH,) In re Zeph's Estate, 50 Hun, 523, 8 N, Y. Bupp. 460. DECEASE, 1'. To die; to depart life, or from life. This bas always been a common term In Scotch law, "Glf ane man decea11- Lt.'' Skene. [s. 342]