| Noun | 1. | succession - a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor saw a sequence of patients" |
| 2. | succession - a group of people or things arranged or following in order; "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"; "a succession of failures" | |
| 3. | succession - the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in sequence" Synonyms: sequence | |
| 4. | succession - (ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established Synonyms: ecological succession | |
| 5. | succession - acquisition of property by descent or by will Synonyms: taking over |
SUCCESSION, in Louisiana. The right and transmission of the rights an
obligations of the deceased to his heirs. Succession signifies also the
estate, rights and charges which a person leaves after his death, whether
the property exceed the charges, or the charges exceed the property, or
whether he has left only charges without property. The succession not only
includes the rights and obligations of the deceased, as they exist at the
time of his death, but all that has accrued thereto since the opening of the
succession, as also of the new charges to which it becomes subject. Finally,
succession signifies also that right by which the heir can take possession
of the estate of the deceased, such as it may be.
2. There are three sorts of successions, to wit: testamentary
succession; legal succession; and, irregular succession. 1. Testamentary
succession is that which results from the constitution of the heir,
contained in a testament executed in the form prescribed by law. 2. Legal
succession is that which is established in favor of the nearest relations of
the deceased. 3. Irregular succession is that which is established by law in
favor of certain persons or of the state in default of heirs either legal or
instituted by testament. Civ. Code, art. 867-874.
3. The lines of a regular succession are divided into three, which rank
among themselves in the following order: 1. Descendants. 2. Ascendants. 3.
Collaterals. See Descent. Vide Poth. Traite des Successions Ibid. Coutumes
d'Orleans, tit. 17 Ayl. Pand. 348; Toull. liv. 3, tit. 1; Domat, h.t.; Merl.
Repert. h.t.
SUCCESSION, com. law. The mode by which one set of persons, members of a corporation aggregate, acquire the rights of another set which preceded them. This term in strictness is to be applied only to such corporations. 2 Bl. Com. 430.
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