succession vs wald

succession

noun
  • A right to take possession. 

  • 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 race or series of descendants. 

  • A sequence of things in order. 

  • A passing of royal powers. 

  • Rotation, as of crops. 

wald

noun
  • Command; control; possession. 

  • Power; strength. 

  • Forest; woods. 

verb
  • To govern; inherit. 

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