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usurpation collapse: wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority); "a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation"

heirloom collapse: something that has been in a family for generations; (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance

birthright collapse: personal characteristics that are inherited at birth; a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth; "free public education is the birthright of every American child"; an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)

primogeniture collapse: right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son

consecration collapse: (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God; "the Cardinal attended the consecration of the church"; a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal); "his consecration to study"

heritage collapse: practices that are handed down from the past by tradition; "a heritage of freedom"

inheritance collapse: hereditary succession to a title or an office or property; any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"; (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents; that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

election collapse: the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; "her election of medicine as a profession"; a vote to select the winner of a position or political office; "the results of the election will be announced tonight"; the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists); the status or fact of being elected; "they celebrated his election"

succession collapse: acquisition of property by descent or by will; the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in sequence"; a group of people or things arranged or following in order; "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"; "a succession of failures"; (ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established

entail collapse: the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple; land received by fee tail; impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?"; have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"

appointment collapse: (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment; "she allocated part of the trust to her church by appointment"; the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"; the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed; "he applied for an appointment in the treasury"; (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)

procession collapse: the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation; "processions were forbidden"

posteriority collapse: following in time; the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end

prolongation collapse: the act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks"

reversion collapse: turning in the opposite direction; a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation); (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee)

accession collapse: the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne); "Elizabeth's accession in 1558"; agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly); "accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent"; "assenting to the Congressional determination"; something added to what you already have; "the librarian shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the staff"; (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement; a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group); "the art collection grew through accession"; make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library

authorization collapse: the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant

rotation collapse: the act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music"; a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.); "crop rotation makes a balanced demand on the fertility of the soil"; "the manager had only four starting pitchers in his rotation"; a single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"; (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin

excusable collapse: easily excused or forgiven; "a venial error"; capable of being overlooked

assignment collapse: the act of distributing something to designated places or persons; "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum"; a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces); "hazardous duty"; an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor); the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another

legislative collapse: of or relating to or created by legislation; "legislative proposal"; relating to a legislature or composed of members of a legislature; "legislative council"

permissible collapse: that may be permitted especially as according to rule; "permissible behavior in school"; "a permissible tax deduction"; that may be accepted or conceded; "a kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine"

hangover collapse: something that has survived from the past; "a holdover from the sixties"; "hangovers from the 19th century"; disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol)

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