succession

noun

• 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.