Survival Statute Definition

noun

A statute that permits survivors to seek damages for claims that the decedent would have had, but for his death, as with a claim for pain and suffering between time of injury and death; the claim becomes an asset of the estate.

Webster's New World Law

(law) A statute that preserves for his estate a decedent's cause of action for infliction of pain and suffering and related damages suffered up to the moment of death.

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