line of succession
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflineandsuccession
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line
noun
uk/laɪn/us/laɪn/
a long, thin mark on the surface ...
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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 oflineandsuccessionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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One last element of the amendment aimed to resolve the problem of alternation in power by fixing exactly thelineofsuccessionto the presidency.
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It is primarily the rights of the malelineofsuccessionthat is being discussed.
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Then, however, we are told that the children are not in thelineofsuccessionin the matter of the estate.
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It was felt better that the next in thelineofsuccessionwho was of full age should be appointed.
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I trust that thatlineofsuccessionwill be maintained from generation to generation.
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I am sure it will be agreed that this is a most distinguishedlineofsuccession.
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The first is that the surviving spouse of the intestate is for the first time given a place in thelineofsuccession.
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Is it not time to scrap this antiquated survival which restricts the freedom of individuals to marry a long way from thelineofsuccession?
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It is not argued that one should adopt the concept of thelineofsuccessiononly where the child has been living in the family.
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I suggested the words "paternal line"and"maternal line", but it was pointed out that thatlineofsuccessionwas vertical whereas we also wanted to cover the possibility of collaterals.
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First, he points out that it is extremely unlikely that the number of persons next inlineofsuccessionwill be at any time less than four.
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Secondly, where a title or dignity is involved people who are in thelineofsuccessionwill have that right in respect of persons earlier in thelineofsuccession.
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If a monarch can be insane the next in thelineofsuccessioncan be insane, and the one after that, and also the one after that.
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Rasebolai, who is in the directlineofsuccession, would be a perfectly good person to call it.
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I should make it clear that the crofters do not set their faces against the direct succession of the widow and the illegitimate son being taken inlineofsuccession.
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Tshekedi was only the ex-regent—he was not and is not in the directlineofsuccession.
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As such, she is fourth in thelineofsuccessionto the throne.
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Leonor is first in thelineofsuccessionto the throne.
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He was due to regain his title and place in thelineofsuccession.
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Bamum tradition claims an unbrokenlineofsuccessionsince 1394.
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