Suc*ces"sion (?), n. [L.
successio: cf. F. succession. See Succeed.]
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 disasters.
2. 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 chronology.
He 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.
Shak.
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.
Suc*ces"sion (?), n. [L.
successio: cf. F. succession. See Succeed.]
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 disasters.
2. 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 chronology.
He 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.
Shak.
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.
