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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