surviving spouse
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsurvivingandspouse
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surviving
adjective[before noun]
uk/səˈvaɪ.vɪŋ/us/sɚˈvaɪ.vɪŋ/
continuing to live ...
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spouse
noun[C]
uk/spaʊs/us/spaʊs/
a person's husband ...
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(Definition ofsurvivingandspousefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Domestic space once adequate for independent living, no longer offered thesurvivingspousethe necessary support.
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In such circumstances, asurvivingspousehas the strongest claim, but she or he is not entitled to the whole estate.
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Annuitization has very little value because a 50 % survivor annuity gives too little income to thesurvivingspouse.
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Asurvivingspousereceives 60 % of the payment after the death of the main beneficiary.
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Regulations require that annuities should be fixed rate rather than variable, price indexed, and joint with 60 % tosurvivingspousefor married men.
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The first wave of data was collected from couples and the second from thesurvivingspousesix months after the death of the partner.
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Otherwise, among the home-owning informants, the common arrangement was to leave everything to thesurvivingspouse, and on their death for the assets to be divided equally between the children.
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Resource depletion theory proposes that a depletion of resources results from prolonged exposure to caregiving stressors leaving thesurvivingspousemore vulnerable to negative outcomes during widowhood.
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The third point is the exclusion of heirlooms from furniture and plenishings which go to thesurvivingspouse.
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Is it the case that this additional part of the prior claim of thesurvivingspouseis to be taken away?
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Clause 1 deals with the statutory legacies payable on intestacy to asurvivingspouse.
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Normally it would be likely to be used only for asurvivingspouse.
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The expense of the funeral does not fall entirely on thesurvivingspouseor children.
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Nor will it expect thesurvivingspouseto seek the help of voluntary or charitable organisations before approaching the commission.
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This cost would be gradually reduced in later years by the resultant increases in duties paid on the death of thesurvivingspouse.
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The most important from the point of view of removing inequality is relief from estate duty for thesurvivingspouse.
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The new clause does what currently tax legislation does not do, which is to define the terms "dependant"and"survivingspouse".
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If they were the children of the first marriage, they would not be the children of thesurvivingspouse.
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