The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
The study, and formal recording of such descents.
A record or table of such descent; a family tree.
A race or series of descendants.
In Roman and Scots law, the taking of property by one person in place of another.
An act of following in sequence.
A group of rocks or strata that succeed one another in chronological order.
A right to take possession.
A sequence of things in order.
A passing of royal powers.
Rotation, as of crops.