The two sets of cousins, therefore, plunge into a contest, to decide the question of survivorshipbetween the two sons of old John Mullet.
It is more prone to infer simultaneous death, unless proof of survivorship be actually brought forward.
Josiah's children, on the other hand, be they few or many, although they always liked uncle Jasper, cannot and do not ignore the fact that their interests would be better served by the survivorship of Josiah than that of Jasper.
The first meeting of the Equitable Society for the assurance of life and survivorship “was holden at the White Lion in Cornhill” in 1762, when only four assurances were effected.
It was at one time thought that there might be a presumption of survivorship in favour of the younger as against the older, of the male as against the female, &c.
The doctrine of survivorship originated in the Roman Law, which had recourse to certain artificial presumptions, where the particular circumstances connected with deaths were unknown.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "survivorship" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
