succession
French → English
(law) Inheritance: the process of receiving money or property from someone who has died; estate
Le fils aîné du roi était le premier dans l'ordre de succession au trône.
(English) The king's eldest son was first in the line of succession to the throne.
Il a reçu une somme importante lors de la succession de sa tante.
(English) He received a large sum during his aunt's estate inheritance.
(general) Sequence: a number of things or people following one after another; series
Une succession de bruits forts a réveillé tout le voisinage.
(English) A succession of loud noises woke up the whole neighborhood.
Le plan de culture prévoit une succession de blé puis de maïs.
(English) The crop plan provides for a succession of wheat and then corn.
Entry ID: fr:en:succession · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary