認にん定てい死し亡ぼう

noun

declared death without a body

Legal term for a death declaration made when a body cannot be found or identified, often after a disaster or disappearance.

• 大だい規き模ぼ災さい害がいでは、行方ゆくえ不ふ明めい者しゃの認にん定てい死し亡ぼうが行おこなわれることがある。

  In large-scale disasters, declared death without a body may be carried out for missing persons.