Doctrine of survivorship in relation of the law of succession

  • This doctrine is to the effect that where two or more persons die in circumstances rendering it uncertain as to which of them survived the other (s) the death is presumed to have occurred in the order of seniority and accordingly, the younger survives the elder.
  • In the case of spouses they are presumed to have died at the same time.
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