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survivorship
[ ser-vahy-ver-ship ]
noun
- the state of being a survivor.
- Law. a right of a person to property on the death of another having a joint interest: in the case of more than two joint tenants, the property passes to successive survivors.
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Origin of survivorship1
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Example Sentences
He also has a web site devoted to survivorship, www.TheSurvivorsClub.org.
From The Daily Beast
My father had left Mr. Hardinge the executor, and my mother an executrix of his will, with survivorship.
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It is her survivorship of such a group which constitutes an undisputed public interest in her decease.
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If they cannot prove a survivorship, the judgment is that the deaths were simultaneous.
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Qure whether co-authors are joint owners with the right of survivorship.
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Who would not court a new-made grave rather than risk the perils of survivorship?
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