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Succession

Succession is the act or process of following in order or sequence. (It is not to be confused with secession

Secession

Secession is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or especially a political entity. It is not to be confused with succession, the act of following in order or sequence....
, the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or political entity).

Succession may further refer to, within the context of "order" and "sequence":

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Succession is the act or process of following in order or sequence. (It is not to be confused with secession

Secession

In politics, order of succession
Order of succession

An order of succession is a formula or algorithm that determines who inherits an office upon the death, resignation, or removal of its current occupant....
is the ascension
Ascension

The Christian doctrine of the Ascension holds that Jesus' body ascended to heaven in the presence of his Twelve Apostles following his resurrection of Jesus, and that in heaven he sits at the God the Father right hand....
to power by one politician
Politician

A politician is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of politics or a person who influences the way a society is governed....
or monarch after another, usually in a clearly defined order.

In large corporations, companies, non-profit organizations and associations succession
Succession planning

Succession Planning involves having senior executives periodically review their top executives and those in the next lower level to determine several backups for each senior position....
may occur to an elected position on a permanent or temporary basis.

In music, a succession
Simultaneity (music)

In music, a simultaneity is more than one complete musical texture occurring at the same time, rather than in succession. This first appeared in the music of Charles Ives, and is common in the music of Conlon Nancarrow and others....
is a series of any musical parameters including pitch
Pitch (music)

Pitch represents the perceived fundamental frequency of a sound. It is one of the three major auditory system attributes of sounds along with loudness and timbre....
es, pitch class
Pitch class

In music, a pitch class is a set of all Pitch that are a whole number of octaves apart, e.g. the pitch class C consists of the Cs in all octaves....
es, or simultaneities
Simultaneity (music)

In music, a simultaneity is more than one complete musical texture occurring at the same time, rather than in succession. This first appeared in the music of Charles Ives, and is common in the music of Conlon Nancarrow and others....
.
In ecology, ecological succession
Ecological succession

Ecological succession, a fundamental concept in ecology, refers to more-or-less predictable and orderly changes in the composition or structure of an ecological Community ....
are the series of changes in an ecological community
Community ecology

Community ecology is a subdiscipline of ecology which studies the distribution, abundance, demography, and biological interactions between coexisting populations....
that occur over time after a disturbance.

In urban renewal, urban succession
Urban renewal

File:Melbourne docklands urban renewal.jpgUrban renewal is a program of land re-development in areas of moderate to high density urban land use....
refers to the concept that as neighbourhoods mature, older housing stock is replaced by more modern housing, which again in turn is eventual re-developed into higher density housing.

In law, succession of property law covers the two distinct concepts of inheritance
Inheritance

Inheritance is the practice of passing on property, Title s, debts, and obligations upon the death of an individual. It has long played an important role in human societies....
and heirship, and applies where property is passed to one or more dependants according to a formula set out in law, religion, custom or under the terms of a trust. Succession may also apply to artificial persons, usually through corporate
Corporation

A corporation is a legal entity separate from the persons that form it. It is a legal entity owned by individual stockholders. In British tradition it is the term designating a body corporate, where it can be either a corporation sole or a corporation aggregate ....
mergers or reorganizations.

In decomposition
Decomposition

Decomposition refers to the process by which tissues of dead organisms break down into simpler forms of matter. Such a breakdown of dead organisms is essential for new growth and development of living organisms because it recycles the finite chemical constituents and frees up the limited physical space in the biome....
, different groups of animals find a corpse attractive at different stages of decomposition, resultant changes in the animal community living on a body over time are known as a succession.

Succession may also refer to:

30 Rock
Succession (30 Rock)

"Succession" is the thirteenth List of 30 Rock episodes of NBC's 30 Rock of 30 Rock and the thirty-fourth episode overall. It was written by Andrew Guest and one of the seasons' co-executive producers, John Riggi; it was directed by Gail Mancuso....
, The title of the thirteenth episode of NBC's second season of 30 Rock.