death benefit

death benefit
death benefit n: money payable to the beneficiary of a deceased as a benefit (as under a policy of life or accident insurance or a pension plan)
◇ The right to death benefits is generally terminated in cases of fraud, as when an insured commits suicide after purchasing a policy or when the beneficiary murders the insured.

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

death benefit
n.
An amount paid to a beneficiary when an insured person dies.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


death benefit
Insurance or pension money payable to a deceased person's designated beneficiary.
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Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.

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