succession
noun
suc·ces·sion
sək-ˈse-shən 
1
2
a
: the act or process of following in order : sequence
b(1)
: the act or process of one person's taking the place of another in the enjoyment of or liability for rights or duties or both
(2)
: the act or process of a person's becoming beneficially entitled to a property or property interest of a deceased person
c
: the continuance of corporate personality
d
: unidirectional change in the composition of an ecosystem as the available competing organisms and especially the plants respond to and modify the environment
3
a
: a number of persons or things that follow each other in sequence
b
: a group, type, or series that succeeds or displaces another
successionally
adverb
Examples of succession in a Sentence
As third in the line of succession, she would only become queen if her brothers both died or became ineligible.
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The city’s favorable financial services infrastructure, robust regulatory framework, and flexible inheritance and succession laws have made Dubai a compelling destination for international family offices, private banks, hedge funds and asset management firms.
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Dubai Tourism Contributor, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
The company has two years to get succession right, and despite Iger’s past extensions, there is ample reason to believe that there won’t be another one.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
The child is expected to enter as 11th in the British line of succession to the throne, and inherit an aristocratic title from Edo's side of the family.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
Intergenerational infighting about succession within the organization puts everyone on edge, and young Vagner is willing to do anything to become the first Black leader of the group after his father retires.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
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Dubai Tourism Contributor, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
The company has two years to get succession right, and despite Iger’s past extensions, there is ample reason to believe that there won’t be another one.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
The child is expected to enter as 11th in the British line of succession to the throne, and inherit an aristocratic title from Edo's side of the family.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
Intergenerational infighting about succession within the organization puts everyone on edge, and young Vagner is willing to do anything to become the first Black leader of the group after his father retires.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
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succession
noun
suc·ces·sion
sək-ˈsesh-ən
1
: the order, action, or right of succeeding to a throne, title, or property
2
a
: a repeated following of one person or thing after another
b
: a series of one-way changes in the composition of a biological community in which one group of plants or animals is replaced by a different group
Legal Definition
succession
noun
suc·ces·sion
sək-ˈse-shən
1
a
: the order in which or the conditions under which one person after another succeeds to a property, dignity, position, title, or throne
the sequence of succession to the presidency
b
: the right of a person or line of ancestry to succeed
c
: the line of ancestry having such a right
2
a
: the act or process of following in order
b
: the act or process of one person's taking the place of another in the enjoyment of or liability for rights or duties or both
3
: the act or process by which a person becomes entitled to the property or property interest of a deceased person and especially an intestate : the transmission of the estate of a decedent to his or her heirs, legatees, or devisees
also
: the estate of the deceased including assets and liabilities
—used chiefly in the civil law of Louisiana
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intestate succession
: the transmission of property or property interests of a decedent as provided by statute as distinguished from the transfer in accordance with the decedent's will
also
: the operation of such statutory provisions in transmitting intestate property
would take the property by intestate succession
in the civil law of Louisiana
: property that is not disposed of by will but by operation of statute
who presents himself to claim an intestate succession—Louisiana Civil Code
Louisiana Civil Code
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testate succession
: the transmission of property in accordance with a valid will
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vacant succession
in the civil law of Louisiana
: an estate that has not been claimed, of which the heirs are unknown, or that has been renounced by all of the heirs
4
a
: the continuance of a corporation's status as a legal person
perpetual corporate succession
b
: the act or process by which one corporation assumes ownership of another
documents…that all aim to prepare your company for its new owner's succession—Saul Berkowitz
Saul Berkowitz5
: the act or process by which one state takes over or follows upon another and becomes entitled to its rights and position in international law
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