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survivor 音標拼音: [sɚv'ɑɪvɚ] n. 生還者,殘存者 生還者,殘存者 survivor n 1: one who lives through affliction; " the survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital" [ synonym: { survivor}, { subsister}] 2: one who outlives another; " he left his farm to his survivors" 3: an animal that survives in spite of adversity; " only the fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters" Survivor \ Sur* viv" or\, n. 1. One who survives or outlives another person, or any time, event, or thing. [ 1913 Webster] The survivor bound In filial obligation for some term To do obsequious sorrow. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Law) The longer liver of two joint tenants, or two persons having a joint interest in anything. -- Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster] SURVIVOR. The longest liver of two or more persons. 2. In crises of partnership, the surviving partner is entitled to have all the effects of the partnership, and, is bound to pay all the debts owing by the firm. Gow on Partn. 157; Watson on Partn. 364. He is, however, bound to account for the surplus to the representatives of his deceased partners, agreeably to their respective rights. 3. A surviving trustee is generally vested with all the powers of all the trustees, and the surviving administrator is authorized to act for the estate as if he had been sole administrator. As to the presumption of survivorship, when two or more persons have perished by the same event, see Civ. Code of Lo. art. 930 to 933 and vide Death; Cro. Eliz. 503; 1 Bl. Rep. 610 2 Phillim. Rep. 261; S. C. 1 Eccl. Reports, 250; Fearne on Rem. iv.; Poth. on Obli. by Evans, vol. 2, p. 346; 8 Ves. 10; 14 Ves. 578 17 Ves. 482; 6 Taunt. 213; Cowp. 257; 5 Ves. 485. Vide, generally, 2 Fonb. Eq. 102; 8 Vin. Ab. 323; 20 Vin. Ab. 146; 8 Com. Dig. 475, 594; 1 Suppl. to Ves. jun. 115, 186, 407, 8, 2 Suppl. to Ves. jun. 47, 296, 340, 391, 477; 1 Fodere, Med. Leg. Sec. 424- 483. 4. The right of survivorship among joint- tenants has been abolished, except as to estates held in trust, in Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky, Virginia, Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina. Vide Estates in Joint- tenancy. In Connecticut it never existed. 1 Swift' s Dig. 102 see 1 Hill. Ab. 440. As to survivorship among legatees, see 1 Turn. & R. 413; 1 Br. C. C. 574; 3 Russ. 217. See Death; Estates in Joint- tenancy; Joint- tenants; Partnership.
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