survivorship

[ ser-vahy-ver-ship ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

First recorded in 1615–25; survivor + -ship

He also has a web site devoted to survivorship, www.TheSurvivorsClub.org.

My father had left Mr. Hardinge the executor, and my mother an executrix of his will, with survivorship.

It is her survivorship of such a group which constitutes an undisputed public interest in her decease.

If they cannot prove a survivorship, the judgment is that the deaths were simultaneous.

Qure whether co-authors are joint owners with the right of survivorship.

Who would not court a new-made grave rather than risk the perils of survivorship?

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