survivorship
Americannoun
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the state of being a survivor.
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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.
Etymology
Origin of survivorship
Example Sentences
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With joint tenancy with the rights of survivorship, you own 100% of your home together, and he could not sell to a third party.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
For example, bank accounts owned by joint tenants with right of survivorship will automatically pass to the surviving account holder, no matter what the will says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
The researchers propose that rising NDRG1 levels reflect what they call a "cellular survivorship bias."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 23, 2026
Am I being fair in insisting on the rights of survivorship?
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026
The difficulty of the case arises, of course, from the circumstance of there being no evidence whatever as to the actual fact of survivorship.
From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Warren, Samuel
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