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• 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

• Succession duty — Succession duty, in the English fiscal system, a tax placed on the gratuitous acquisition of property which passes on the death of any person, by means of a transfer from one person (called the predecessor) to another person (called the… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• Statute of Westminster 1931 — The Statute of Westminster 1931 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (22 23 Geo. V c. 4, December 11, 1931) which established a status of legislative equality between the self governing dominions of the British Empire and the United… …   Wikipedia

• Succession to the Throne Act 1937 — The Succession to the Throne Act (1 Geo. VI, c.16) was the Act of the Canadian Parliament thatratified Canadian consent to His Majesty s Declaration of Abdication Act 1936, an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament that allowed King Edward VIII to… …   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 to the Crown Act — The Succession to the Crown Act, or Act of Succession, may refer to a number of pieces of English law passed in the reign of Henry VIII:*The Succession to the Crown Act 1533 (25 Hen. 8 c.22) *The Succession to the Crown Act 1534 (26 Hen. 8 c.2)… …   Wikipedia

• Succession to the Crown Act 1603 — The Succession to the Crown Act 1603 (1 Jac. I c.1), full title A most joyful and just recognition of the immediate, lawful and undoubted Succession, Descent and Right of the Crown , was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of England enacted… …   Wikipedia

• statute of distribution — A statute which provides a system of succession to the personal property left by a decedent or, as is frequently the case, for the descent and distribution of both real estate and personal property. 23 Am J2d Desc & D § 9 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Act Respecting the Oath to the Succession — Succession to the Crown Act 1534 Parliament of England Statute book chapter 26 Henry VIII. c. 2 Territorial extent Kingdom of England …   Wikipedia