legal succession

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• legal succession — Succession of right and property in a manner defined by the law. For example, intestate succession is legal succession because the law determines who inherits. However, testate succession is not legal succession because the testator decides who… …   Law dictionary

• 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 — 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

• legal heirs — Essentially the same as heirs, but sometimes subject to construction, as where the term appears in a will. Those persons on whom the law passes the descent of real estate or admits to participate in the distribution of personalty, except as a… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• 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 of states — is a theory in international relations regarding the 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. The theory has its root in 19th century… …   Wikipedia

• Succession au trône d'Espagne — Succession d Espagne (1701 1883) Cet article couvre les années de 1701 à 1883 (Début de la Guerre de succession d Espagne à la prétention au trône de France du Comte de Paris le 24 août 1883. Pour les années de 1680 à 1701 : Voir Succession… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Succession au trône de France — Succession d Espagne (1701 1883) Cet article couvre les années de 1701 à 1883 (Début de la Guerre de succession d Espagne à la prétention au trône de France du Comte de Paris le 24 août 1883. Pour les années de 1680 à 1701 : Voir Succession… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Succession d'espagne (1701-1883) — Cet article couvre les années de 1701 à 1883 (Début de la Guerre de succession d Espagne à la prétention au trône de France du Comte de Paris le 24 août 1883. Pour les années de 1680 à 1701 : Voir Succession d Espagne (1680 1701) Pour la… …   Wikipédia en Français

• 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