simultaneous death clause

simultaneous-death clause. A testamentary provision mandating that if the testator and beneficiary die in a common disaster, or the order of their deaths is otherwise unascertainable, the testator is presumed to have survived the beneficiary. • If the beneficiary is the testator’s spouse, an express exception is often made so that the spouse with the smaller estate is presumed to have survived. See simultaneous death under DEATH. Cf. SURVIVAL CLAUSE.

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资深译员Gianluca，毕业于亚洲顶尖的高级翻译学院，专注翻译各种与清洁与可再生能源有关的法律文件。