Legal Definition and Related Resources of Simultaneous Death

The death of two or more persons in a common disaster or under circumstances where it cannot be ascertained who was the first to die or as to who survived the other . Under statutes relating to simultaneous deaths, generally in such instances the property of each, is to be disposed of as if that person had survived.

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Simultaneous Death in Historical Law

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