Definition of survivorship in English English dictionary
A right whereby a person becomes entitled to property by reason of his having survived another person who had an interest in it. It is one of the elements of a joint tenancy
If you bought any heritable property in joint names then it is possible that you have entered into a contract with the person concerned that you will hold the property "jointly and to the survivor" This means that when one of you dies the other receives the property irrespective of what any Will may say
The percentage of a population reaching a given age or the proportion of the maximum life span of the species reached by any individual
The rights one has as the survivor under a joint tenancy or tenancy by the entirety
The living of one or more persons after the death of another person(s) In real estate ownership survivorship occurs when one or more owners in a joint tenancy or one of the parties in a tenancy by the entirety survives or outlives the deceased tenant(s)
The condition of outliving others Surviving joint tenants have the right to take title to the land from a deceased joint tenant by right of 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 other
The probability of a representative newly born individual surviving to various ages
The right of survivorship is that special feature of a joint tenancy whereby all title, right and interest of a decedent joint tenant in certain property passes to the surviving joint tenants by operation of law, free from claims of heirs and creditors of the decedent
living with a history of cancer, from the time of diagnosis on, regardless of treatment outcome
a life plan which covers two lives, with proceeds payable at the second death
Right of the surviving joint tenants to the interests of another joint tenant upon the latter's death
The distinguishing feature of joint tenancy by which on the death of the joint tenant, the surviving tenant or tenants acquire full ownership
The right of a property owner who outlives other joint owners of the property to own the entire property
Survivorship bias causes the results of some studies to skew higher because only companies which were successful enough to survive until the end of the period are included. Similarly, mutual fund performance may be misleading due to survivorship bias if the fund family tends to merge or discontinue underperforming funds