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survivour (1388)

survivour (1388)

 
  FEW:  vivere *14,579b Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  vivre 1 (*)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

s.

lawsurvivorship, fact of one joint tenant outliving the other (and thus becoming the sole tenant)
( 1388 ) la femme avera accion par cas de survivour  YBB 12 Rich II 33
( 1388 ) dit qe la femme est einz en le manore come tenaunt de fee simple par le survivour  YBB 12 Rich II 90
( 1469 ) si recoveré per defaut soit vers .ij. et l’un devie, le autre avera breve de dreit per le survivour  Readings i 64
( 1497-98 ) [...] et soy tenust en lez ditz maners per le survivour  Exchequer Chamber ii 161.12

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See also:

sur2  survivre 
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survivour