Definition of Survevorship
Sur*viv"or*ship, n. 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.
Sur*viv"or*ship, n. 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (law) the right of a joint owner of something to its ownership following the death of other joint owners
- the state of being a survivor
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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