| 单词 | line of succession |
| 释义 | > as lemmasline of succession line of succession: a sequence of individuals, typically determined by birth order or hierarchical position, that establishes who is to succeed the holder of a royal or noble title, or an estate, office, or position, in the event of that person's death, resignation, etc. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > [noun] > line or order of succession succession1533 line of succession1564 1564 E. Grindal Serm. Funeral Prince Ferdinandus sig. C.ii Other Princes liuing heretofore incontinently, haue bene plaged..with sterilitie & want of roial issue of their bodies, and so the direct line of succession hath bene cut of after them. 1736 Information for A. Colquhoun 2 A separate Line of Succession of the Estate of Luss was devised, so that both Families might not be confounded in one Person. 1859 F. B. Goodrich Women of Beauty & Heroism 284 The king's brother, Monsieur de Provence, who was next in the line of succession, probably felt..some little chagrin at this tardy continuation of the direct male line. 1922 H. Ford & S. Crowther My Life & Work vi. 92 The Ford factories and enterprises have no organization, no specific duties attaching to any position, no line of succession or of authority. 1998 W. D. Nelson Who speaks for President? xiii. 222 Originally, the secretary of state was next in line of succession to the presidency after the vice president , but Congress had changed this in the mid-1960s to put the speaker of the House and president pro tempore of the Senate ahead of him. 2009 Independent 14 Sept. 33/3 Lord Frederick Windsor [is]..32nd in line to the throne... When George I came to the throne, he was 52nd in the line of succession. Stranger things have happened. < as lemmas |
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