Survivorship Definition

sər-vīvər-shĭp
noun
The condition of being a survivor.
American Heritage
The right of a surviving owner or owners of property held as under joint tenancy to undivided ownership upon the death of either or any of them.
Webster's New World
The right whereby someone who has an interest in a property becomes entitled to the entire property by virtue of outliving all others with an interest in that property. It is one of the features of joint tenancy. Also, the condition of the one person out of two or more to remain alive after the others die.
Webster's New World Law

Other Word Forms of Survivorship

Noun

Singular:
survivorship
Plural:
survivorships

Origin of Survivorship

  • From survivor +"Ž -ship.

    From Wiktionary

Survivorship Sentence Examples

  • Some of the systems founded on the civil law, as the French code, have adopted certain rules of survivorship.

  • In cases where action must be taken for preserving or asserting a right, a day would mean the natural day of twenty-four hours, but on the other hand, as in cases of survivorship, for testamentary or other purposes, it would suffice if a person survived for even the smallest portion of the last day necessary.

  • Understand what Ro means, and how to interpret Life Tables and survivorship curves.

  • It is an annual overnight event designed to celebrate cancer survivorship while raising money for research and the programs of the American Cancer Society.

  • The question of survivorship, where two or more persons are shown to have perished by the same catastrophe, as in cases of shipwreck, has been much discussed.

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Words Starting With

SSUSUR

Words Ending With

PIPHIP

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12 Letter Words12 Letter Words Starting With S12 Letter Words Ending With P