SURVIVORSHIP

Etymology

Noun

survivorship (usually uncountable, plural survivorships)

The state of being a survivor.

(biology) The number or precentage of young that survive to adulthood.

(legal) A right whereby a person becomes entitled to property by reason of his having survived another person who had an interest in it. It is one of the elements of a joint tenancy.

Source: Wiktionary


Sur*viv"or*ship, n.

1. The state of being a survivor.

1. (Law)

Definition: 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’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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