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.

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.

An order or series of descendants; lineage; race;
descent.

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.

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.