- 1. n. The state of being a survivor. Source: opted
- 2. n. The right of a joint tenant, or other person who has a joint interest in an estate, to take the whole estate upon the death of other. Source: opted
- 3. 1. The state of being a survivor. 1. (Law) The right of a joint tenant, or other person who has a joint interest in an estate, to take the whole estate upon the death of other. Blackstone. Chance of survivorship, the chance that a person of a given age has of surviving another of a giving age; thus, by the Carlisle tables of mortality the chances of survivorship for two persons, aged 25 and 65, are 89 and 11 respectively, or about 8 to 1 that the elder die first. Source: webster
- 4. The right of a joint tenant, or other person who has a jointinterest in an estate, to take the whole estate upon the death ofother. Blackstone. Chance of survivorship, the chance that a personof a given age has of surviving another of a giving age; thus, by theCarlisle tables of mortality the chances of survivorship for twopersons, aged 25 and 65, are 89 and 11 respectively, or about 8 to 1that the elder die first. Source: adambom
- 5. n. The state of being a survivor. n. The right of a joint tenant, or other person who has a joint interest in an estate, to take the whole estate upon the death of other. Source: ecdict
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