Look up: survivorship

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   survivorship
   the right of a person to secure ownership by reason of his/her outliving someone with whom s/he shared undivided interest in the land Category: Law
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   Survivorship
   The probability of a representative newly born individual surviving to various ages.
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   Survivorship
   Sur·viv'or·ship noun 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 ...
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   Survivorship
   • (n.) 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. • (n.) The state of being a survivor.
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   survivorship
   (from the article `inheritance`) There is also a widespread trend toward improvement of the successoral position of the surviving spouse, often even favouring the spouse above the ... ...include little beyond wages and salaries, the equivalent of the payroll tax base. Many countries do, however, levy payroll taxes to finance social ... ...
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   survivorship
   survivorship 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 the other one. Survivorship is particularly applied to those owning real property or other assets; such as, bank accounts or stocks, in 'joint tenancy'. Joint tenancy includes the right of survivorship automatically; e...
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