Legal Definition and Related Resources of Survivorship
Meaning of Survivorship
The living of one or two or more persons after the death of the other or others. Survivorship is where a person becomes entitled to property by reason of his having survived another person who had an interest in same. Thus, where two persons hold property as joint tenants and one of them dies, the survivor takes the property in right of his survivorship free and exempt from all charges made by deceased joint tenant or tenants. See Woods v Logue, 167 Iowa 436, 149 N. W. 613. Where property is held jointly, neither joint tenant can dispose of any interest in the same by will and thereby defeat the right of survivorship of the other joint tenant. See Di/nock v Corwin, (C.A.2. N. Y.) 99 F.2d 799.
Survivorship Alternative Definition
The living of one of two or more persons after the death of the other or others. Survivorship is where a person becomes entitled to property by reason of his having survived another person who had an interest in it. The most familiar example is in the case of joint tenants, the rule being that, on the death of one of two joint tenants, the whole property passes to the survivor.
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Coparcener, Coparcenary, Estate By Entirety, Joint Tenancy, Natural Guardian, Presumption Of Survivorship, Tenancy By The Entirety.
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Meaning of Survivorship in the U.S. Legal System
Definition of Survivorship published by the National Association for Court Management: Another name for joint tenancy.
Concept of Survivorship in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Survivorship: Gaining an interest in property by outliving (surviving) another who had the interest.
Concept of Survivorship in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Survivorship: Gaining an interest in property by outliving (surviving) another who had the interest.
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