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Definition of Survivance
1. n. Survivorship.
Definition of Survivance
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Survivance
Literary usage of Survivance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Scotland in Relation to Wills and Succession: Including the by John M'Laren (1868)
"OPENING OF THE SUCCESSION BY survivance. Succession opens 109. To the acquisition
of a vested interest in succession of any description it is essential that ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"This was conspicuously shown by the readiness with which the Hollanders took the
lead of the other provinces in the passing of the Acte de survivance (April ..."
3. The Reign of Law by George Douglas Campbell Argyll (1871)
"The great change had come, arid the survivance of the ancient domestic industries
of so many centuries was no longer possible. And just as Hargreaves and ..."
4. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1840)
"It is dependent on the survivance of the child; because it being a provision to
him, that survivance is by tbe Statute tbe condition of such provision ..."
5. The Law of Wills and Succession as Administered in Scotland: Including by John M'Laren (1894)
"Intestate succession, whether heritable or moveable, now vests in the heirs or
personal representatives by mere survivance, service or confirmation being ..."
6. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of the by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1842)
"... exclusive of the entailed estate of Stonefield, to which my son succeeds, in
the event of his survivance, whicli I consider worth upwards of £20000, ..."