royal succession

collocation in English

meaningsofroyalandsuccession

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royal
adjective
uk
/ˈrɔɪ.əl/us
/ˈrɔɪ.əl/
belonging or connected to a king or queen or a member of ...
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succession
noun
uk
/səkˈseʃ.ən/us
/səkˈseʃ.ən/
a number of similar events or people that happen, exist, etc. after ...
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(Definition ofroyalandsuccessionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Strictly speaking,royalsuccessionwas not determined by ethnic affiliation, but by birthright and pedigree.
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To assureroyalsuccessionthey then had intimate relations with the men of the adjacent areas and returned home after they knew they were pregnant.
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With no royal heir, the king was urged by counselors to take a second wife to secure theroyalsuccession.
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Nevertheless, at least until the 11th century,royalsuccessiongenerally followed the ordinary system of primogeniture.
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Around 13,000 police officers (four times the amount as during theroyalsuccessionin 2013), 4,000 gendarmes, and 4,000 military personnel were deployed.
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The term succession play is now widely applied to dramas of the period that relate to aroyalsuccession.
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These divisions were often further driven by questions concerningroyalsuccessionor appropriate royal conduct.
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Not only isroyalsuccessionsubject to the approval of the ulema, so are all new laws (royal decrees).
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But the church was prepared for this vacuum, since his issue was disqualified forroyalsuccessiondue to inadequate marriage.
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It is one of the main constitutional laws governing theroyalsuccession.
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One of the council's duties was to arrange forroyalsuccession.
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This succession agrees with the historical genealogies from father to son, but does not agree with the knownroyalsuccession.
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In 1854 the law onroyalsuccessionwas passed.
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This may indicate certain dynastic and internal political problems with theroyalsuccessionduring this time.
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According to the traditions ofroyalsuccession, the vice king or uparaja was heir presumptive.
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In order to assist in theroyalsuccession, she would adopt the daughter of the next king as her heiress.
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Elizabeth was declared illegitimate and deprived of her place in theroyalsuccession.
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Theroyalsuccessionwas an important and prickly matter, the last of the civil wars, fought for decades over disputed successions to the throne, having finally ended only in 1240.
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