A right whereby a person becomes entitled to property by reason of his having survived another person who had an interest in it. It is one of the elements of a joint tenancy
If you bought any heritable property in joint names then it is possible that you have entered into a contract with the person concerned that you will hold the property "jointly and to the survivor" This means that when one of you dies the other receives the property irrespective of what any Will may say
The living of one or more persons after the death of another person(s) In real estate ownership survivorship occurs when one or more owners in a joint tenancy or one of the parties in a tenancy by the entirety survives or outlives the deceased tenant(s)
The condition of outliving others Surviving joint tenants have the right to take title to the land from a deceased joint tenant by right of survivorship
The right of survivorship is that special feature of a joint tenancy whereby all title, right and interest of a decedent joint tenant in certain property passes to the surviving joint tenants by operation of law, free from claims of heirs and creditors of the decedent