RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP

right of survivorship.A joint tenant’s right to succeed to the whole estate upon the death of the

other joint tenant. — Also termed jus accrescendi. See SURVIVORSHIP; joint tenancy under

TENANCY. [Cases: Joint Tenancy 6.C.J.S. Joint Tenancy §§ 3, 5, 7, 10–15, 19–20, 38–40.] [Blacks Law 8^th]