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succession means:
gesetzliche Erbfolge means:
Substantiv
partial
noun
Since this English term also has an everyday common meaning (a number of people or things sharing a specified characteristic and following one after the other), one needs to be careful in using this term when the context is strictly inheritance and estate law.
the action or process of inheriting a title, property or an official office or position etc
The intention of the measure was to settle the succession in a protestant line to follow the death of Queen Anne.