ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Successoral

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Successoral is an adjective meaning (chiefly law) Pertaining to a successor or succession.

Meaning

(chiefly law) Pertaining to a successor or succession.

Example Sentences

In July 1717, a commission established by Orléans to adjudicate the issue had emphatically denied the successoral claims of the two brothers, and the Regent declared himself in a state of ‘happy powerlessness to alienate the crown's domain’.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include successory, successionary, successorial, successive, successional, supersessional.

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