Succession is the act or process of following in order or sequence. It may further refer to:
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 planning, in organizations, identifying and developing individuals to succeed to senior positions in government, business, organizations, etc.
- Simultaneity succession, in music, is a chord or harmonic progression, or more generally a series of different groups of pitches, the pitches in each group being played simultaneously
- Ecological succession, the series of changes in an ecological community that occur over time after a disturbance. It can be:
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- Primary succession, when there is a new substrate with no existing vegetation, as after a volcanic lava flow, or
- Secondary succession, when the substrate has sustained vegetation, as after a fire or flood
- 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
- Apostolic succession, the doctrine, held by some Christian denominations, that bishops are the successors of the original Twelve Apostles, inheriting their spiritual, ecclesiastical and sacramental authority, power, and responsibility
- Succession of property, or inheritance, in law, is the passage of an individual's property to one or more dependants according to a formula set out in law, religion, custom or under the terms of a trust
- Succession (conflict), inheritance when more than one jurisdiction involved and there may be a conflict of law
- Succession (geology), in geology, a group of rocks or strata that succeed one another in chronological order
- "Succession" (30 Rock), an episode of 30 Rock
Famous quotes containing the word succession:
“We then entered another swamp, at a necessarily slow pace, where the walking was worse than ever, not only on account of the water, but the fallen timber, which often obliterated the indistinct trail entirely. The fallen trees were so numerous, that for long distances the route was through a succession of small yards, where we climbed over fences as high as our heads, down into water often up to our knees, and then over another fence into a second yard, and so on.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
“The heart of man ever finds a constant succession of passions, so that the destroying and pulling down of one proves generally to be nothing else but the production and the setting up of another.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)