Meaning

• An act of following in sequence.

• A sequence of things in order.

• A passing of royal powers.

• A group of rocks or strata that succeed one another in chronological order.

• A race or series of descendants.

• Rotation, as of crops.

• A right to take possession.

• In Roman and Scots law, the taking of property by one person in place of another.

• The person who succeeds to rank or office; a successor or heir.