survivorship

survivorship
/seuhr vuy"veuhr ship'/, n.
1. the state of being a survivor.
2. Law. a right of a person to property on the death of another having a joint interest: in the case of more than two joint tenants, the property passes to successive survivors.
[1615-25; SURVIVOR + -SHIP]

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