order of succession

collocation in English

meaningsoforderandsuccession

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order
noun
uk
/ˈɔː.dər/us
/ˈɔːr.dɚ/
a request to make, supply, or deliver food ...
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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 oforderandsuccessionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This modification gives a stepwise description of a reciprocal conditioning, assigning anorderofsuccessionto the steps.
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The original letters patent which created the title determine theorderofsuccession.
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Since the establishment of the constitution of 1952, the daughters of the sovereign came after their brothers in theorderofsuccessionto the throne.
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There are also other sorts oforderofsuccessionthan hereditary succession (such as line of non-hereditary succession to democratic state offices).
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Hereditary monarchies have used a variety of methods and algorithms to calculate theorderofsuccessionamong possible candidates related by blood or marriage.
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In hereditary monarchies, particularly in more ancient times, seniority was a much-used principle oforderofsuccession.
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This has led sometimes to anorderofsuccessionthat balances branches of a dynasty by rotation.
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First, males would no longer take precedence in theorderofsuccessionover their older sisters.
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Though they typically arrive last in theorderofsuccession, they can be the first in succession on burned and charred bodies.
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Rather, he merely attempted to maintain the lawfulorderofsuccessionand prevent social unrest.
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In this system, a monarch's own child precedes that monarch's sibling in theorderofsuccession.
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Theorderofsuccessionis usually affected by rules on gender.
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Theorderofsuccessionto the throne was never established.
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Arizona has no lieutenant governor, so the secretary of state stands first in theorderofsuccessionif he or she has been popularly elected.
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In the past, theorderofsuccessionwas sometimes superseded or reinforced by the coronation of a selected heir as co-monarch during the life of the reigning monarch.
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George and his descendants would, however, be excluded from theorderofsuccession.
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It is also an oracle that will designate the future high priest and high priestess among the new recruits, establishing anorderofsuccessionwithin the convent.
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There are no sure means of settling theorderofsuccession, of fixing their relations with one another and with many other princelings of about the same period.
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Bearers of these titles derive their royal rank at court from their place in theorderofsuccessionrather than from the precedence associated with the comital title.
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Failing any male descendants in the first house, the next inorderofsuccessionis the oldest son of the second-married wife and his male descendants, and so forth.
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