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Webster 1913 Edition
Succession
1.
The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence;
as, a
. succession
of good crops; a succession
of disasters2.
A series of persons or things according to some established rule of precedence;
as, a
. succession
of kings, or of bishops; a succession
of events in chronologyHe was in the
succession
to an earldom. Macaulay.
3.
An order or series of descendants; lineage; race; descent.
“A long succession must ensue.” Milton.
4.
The power or right of succeeding to the station or title of a father or other predecessor; the right to enter upon the office, rank, position, etc., held ny another; also, the entrance into the office, station, or rank of a predecessor; specifically, the succeeding, or right of succeeding, to a throne.
You have the voice of the king himself for your
succession
in Denmark. Shakespeare
The animosity of these factions did not really arise from the dispute about the
succession
. Macaulay.
5.
The right to enter upon the possession of the property of an ancestor, or one near of kin, or one preceding in an established order.
6.
The person succeeding to rank or office; a successor or heir.
[R.]
Milton.
Apostolical succession
. (Theol.)
See under
– Apostolical
. Succession duty
, a tax imposed on every succession to property, according to its value and the relation of the person who succeeds to the previous owner.
[Eng.]
– Succession of crops
. (Agric.)
See
Rotation of crops
, under Rotation
.Webster 1828 Edition
Succession
SUCCES'SION
,Noun.
1.
A following of things in order; consecution; series of things following one another, either in time or place. Thus we speak of a succession of events in chronology, a succession of kings or bishops, and a succession of words or sentences.2.
The act of succeeding or coming in the place of another; as, this happened after the succession of that prince to the throne. So we speak of the succession of heirs to the estates of their ancestors, or collateral succession.3.
Lineage; an order or series of descendants. A long succession must ensue.
4.
The power or right of coming to the inheritance of ancestors. He holds the property by the title of succession. What people is so void of common sense,
To vote succession from a native prince?
Succession of crops, in agriculture, is more generally called rotation.