| 单词 | simultaneous death act |
| 释义 | simultaneous death actsimultaneous death actn. a statute in effect in most states which provides that if a husband and wife or siblings die in an accident in which they died at the same moment or it cannot be determined who died first, it is presumed that each died before the other for determining inheritance. (See: descent and distribution) Simultaneous Death ActSimultaneous Death ActA law enacted in most states providing that when persons die at the same time or perhaps within a described number of hours of each other, and one or both would inherit from the other if only they had survived,then each will be treated as if he or she had died before the other. As a result, property does not pass through one estate briefly and then into another estate. |
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