n. Succession. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
My peculiar honors, not derived
From successary, but purchased with my blood. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. successour, OF. successur, successor, F. successeur, L. successor. See Succeed. ] One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor;
A gift to a corporation, either of lands or of chattels, without naming their successors, vests an absolute property in them so lond as the corporation subsists. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. successour, OF. successur, successor, F. successeur, L. successor. See Succeed. ] One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor;
A gift to a corporation, either of lands or of chattels, without naming their successors, vests an absolute property in them so lond as the corporation subsists. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]