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Definition of Survives
1. survive [v] - See also: survive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Survives
Literary usage of Survives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Enquiry Into Plants and Minor Works on Odours and Weather Signs by Theophrastus (1916)
"And plainly the reason why the tree survives is that it is sappy and green because
it has no side-growths.1 Now this is peculiar to the silver-fir. ..."
2. The Practice at Law, in Equity, and in Special Proceedings in All the Courts by William Wait (1872)
"When a cause of action survives or continues. The provisions of the Code in
relation to the revival of an action after the death of a party are in all cases ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by Edward Vaughan Williams, Walter Vere Vaughan Williams (1877)
"ceased partner devolves on his executor, it is now fully settled that the remedy
survives to his companion, who alone must ..."
4. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1890)
"The primitive national assembly survives as the house of lords. House of commons
the product of the representative principle imbedded ..."
5. A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution: And Laws of the United States by John Bouvier (1874)
"It is here intimated by way of query whether, where the cause of action survives,
the award might not legally lie made in the name of the surviving party. ..."
6. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and by Nathan Dane (1824)
"176. one dies, for then the benefit of the judgment survives to the s^r^.-^^
defend it: but said in Ventris, that the death of one pit. in Art. 5. survivor, ..."
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