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  • SUCCESSION — SUCCESSION, devolution of the deceased person s property on his legal heirs. Order of Succession The Pentateuchal source of the order of succession is If a man die and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Succession to the British throne — is governed both by common law and statute. Under common law the crown is passed on by male preference primogeniture.Bogdanor, p. 42] In other words, an individual s male children are preferred over his or her female children, and an older child… …   Wikipedia

  • succession — suc·ces·sion /sək se shən/ n 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… …   Law dictionary

  • Take — Take, v. t. [imp. {Took} (t[oo^]k); p. p. {Taken} (t[=a]k n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. t[=e]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.] 1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • take it in turns — ► take turns (or take it in turns) (of two or more people) do something alternately or in succession. Main Entry: ↑turn …   English terms dictionary

  • take turns — ► take turns (or take it in turns) (of two or more people) do something alternately or in succession. Main Entry: ↑turn …   English terms dictionary

  • Take This Heart of Mine — is a song written by The Miracles members Warren Pete Moore, William Smokey Robinson and Marv Tarplin, produced by Robinson and released as a single by American soul singer Marvin Gaye, on Motown Records Tamla label in 1966.Released in succession …   Wikipedia

  • succession — The devolution of title to property under the law of descent and distribution. The act or right of legal or official investment with a predecessor s office, dignity, possession, or functions; also the legal or actual order of so succeeding from… …   Black's law dictionary

  • Succession crisis — The succession crisis in the Latter Day Saint movement occurred after the violent death of the movement s founder, Joseph Smith, Jr., on June 27, 1844. For roughly six months after Smith s death, several people competed to take over his role. The …   Wikipedia

  • succession — suc|ces|sion W3 [səkˈseʃən] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin successio, from succedere; SUCCEED] 1.) in succession happening one after the other without anything different happening in between ▪ She won the championship four times… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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