Succession

Succession is the act or process of following in order or sequence.

Governance and politics

• Order of succession, in politics, the ascension to power by one ruler, official, or monarch after the death, resignation, or removal from office of another, usually in a clearly defined order
• Succession of states, in international relations, is the process of recognition and acceptance of a newly created state by other states, based on a perceived historical relationship the new state has with a prior state
• Succession planning, in organizations, identifying and developing individuals to succeed to senior positions in government, business, organizations, etc.
• Successor company / Successor corporation / Successor in Business
• Apostolic succession, the doctrine, held by some Christian denominations, that bishops are the successors of the original Twelve Apostles

Inheritance

• Succession refers to the process by which a deceased person’s individual rights and property are transferred to their heirs according to a formula in law or religion, while inheritance refers to the actual property or assets that those heirs receive.
• Forced heirship, a form of succession which passes how an estate is to be disposed

Science and mathematics

• Ecological succession, the series of changes in an ecological community that occur over time after a disturbance
  • Primary succession, when there is a new substrate with no existing vegetation, as after a volcanic lava flow
  • Secondary succession, when the substrate has sustained vegetation, as after a fire or flood
• Succession (geology), in geology, a group of rocks or strata that succeed one another in chronological order
• Successor function, a primitive recursive function in mathematics used to define addition

Arts, entertainment, and media

• Simultaneity succession, a particular type of simultaneity in music
• "Succession" (30 Rock), an episode of 30 Rock
• Succession (TV series), an HBO TV series

See also

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• Successor (disambiguation)