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line of succession

NOUN
  1. the order in which individuals are expected to succeed one another in some official position

How To Use line of succession In A Sentence

  • She is fifth in the line of succession to the throne.
  • As Tiberius was immediately adopted by Augustus, Germanicus became a member of the Julian gens in the direct line of succession; and his career was accelerated by special dispensations.
  • Perhaps it is about time to revisit the law that puts the oldest blowhard of the Senate in the line of succession.
  • Henry the Eighth wanted a male heir to ensure the Tudor line of succession.
  • Henry the Eighth wanted a male heir to ensure the Tudor line of succession.
  • Two days before the election he had a sealed letter , which he had typed himself, hand-delivered to the secretary of state, who was then third in line of succession to the presidency.
  • One of the trio could become the next Speaker of the House, second in the Presidential line of succession.
  • Monaco still remains a principality that follows primogeniture, meaning that males take precedence over females in the line of succession.
  • Nicholas Paul Patrick was seventh in the line of succession to the throne.
  • But in other areas there will be total chaos because none of these autocratic rulers have any line of succession.
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