Succession
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Succession is the act or process of following in order or sequence.
Governance and politics
[edit]- 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
Inheritance
[edit]- Apostolic succession, the doctrine, held by some Christian denominations, that bishops are the successors of the original Twelve Apostles
- Forced heirship, a form of succession which passes how an estate is to be disposed
- Succession of property, or inheritance, the passage of an individual's property to one or more dependents according to a formula in law or religion
Science and mathematics
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Simultaneity succession, a particular type of simultaneity in music
- "Succession" (30 Rock), an episode of 30 Rock
- Succession (TV series), an HBO TV series