common disaster

common disaster. An event that causes two or more persons with related property interests (such as an insured and the beneficiary) to die at very nearly the same time, with no way of determining who died first. See UNIFORM SIMULTANEOUS DEATH ACT ; COMMORIENTES. [Cases: Death 5; Insurance 3485. C.J.S. Death §§ 6, 15; Insurance § 1428.]

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译员Bernardine，毕业于英国顶尖的高级翻译学院，专注翻译各种与医疗保健及生命科学有关的法律文件。