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.
Where property is owned jointly under a joint tenancy, on the death of one of the joint tenants, the deceased's share of the joint property passes automatically to the surviving joint tenant(s). The property cannot be passed to anyone else under a will or intestacy.
see Joint Tenancy with Right of Survivorship
tenant in joint tenancies without any probate proceedings.
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.
The right of a joint tenant to continue ownership rights following the death of the other joint tenant.
The distinguishing feature of a tenancy by the entirety, by which, on the death of one spouse, the surviving spouse acquires full ownership.
A surviving joint tenant's right to the property on the death of the other tenant.
Living after another has died. Becoming entitled to property by reason of surviving the death of one of the joint tenants.
All rights of a joint tenant passes to the surviving joint tenant.
Another name for joint tenancy.
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 to receive full title or ownership due to having survived another person. (See Right of Survivorship.)
Gaining interest in a property by outliving another who had the interest.
The right of surviving joint tenants to the ownership interest of another joint tenant upon the latter's death. (See 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 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 automatic right of a joint tenant to inherit the whole of an asset on the death of the other joint tenant.
The right of an individual to secure ownership by reason of his or her outliving someone with whom he or she has shared undivided interest in the land.
The right of a joint tenant or tenants to maintain ownership rights following the death of another joint tenant. Survivorship prevents heirs of the deceased from making claims against the property.
