Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
simultaneous death act — si·mul·ta·ne·ous death act /ˌsī məl tā nē əs / n: an act providing for the disposition of property or insurance benefits when there is no sufficient evidence that persons (as spouses) died other than simultaneously (as in an accident) ◇ The… … Law dictionary
Simultaneous Death Act — A Uniform State Law (adopted by most states) which provides that where passage of title to property depends upon the time of one s death, if there is insufficient evidence that persons have died otherwise than simultaneously, the property of each … Black's law dictionary
Uniform Simultaneous Death Act — The Uniform Simultaneous Death Act is a uniform act enacted in some U.S. states to alleviate the problem of simultaneous death in determining inheritance. The Act specifies that, if two or more people die within 120 hours of one another, each is… … Wikipedia
Uniform Simultaneous Death Act — A law used to determine the inheritance when more than one death occurs at the same time. The Uniform Simultaneous Death Act states that if two or more people died simultaneously due to an accident, within an 120 hour survival period, with no… … Investment dictionary
Uniform Simultaneous Death Act — A standard set of laws, enacted by some U.S. states, to deal with inheritance in the case that two people die simultaneously. The Act says that if two (or more) people die within 120 hours of each other, each is considered to have predeceased the … Law dictionary
Uniform Simultaneous Death Act — See Simultaneous Death Act … Black's law dictionary
simultaneous death act — noun : a statute prescribing the rules of inheritance applicable when two or more persons die at the same time or from the same accident or event, or within a specified short period … Useful english dictionary
Simultaneous death — is a problem of inheritance which occurs when two people, at least one of whom is entitled to part or all of the other s estate on their death (usually a husband and wife) die at the same time in an accident. Under the common law, if there was… … Wikipedia
death — The cessation of life; permanent cessations of all vital functions and signs. Numerous states have enacted statutory definitions of death which include brain related criteria. For example, many states have adopted, sometimes with variations, the… … Black's law dictionary
death — The cessation of life; permanent cessations of all vital functions and signs. Numerous states have enacted statutory definitions of death which include brain related criteria. For example, many states have adopted, sometimes with variations, the… … Black's law dictionary
