Scrabble?! SUCCESSION

Definitions of SUCCESSION in various dictionaries:

noun - a following of one thing after another in time

noun - a group of people or things arranged or following in order

noun - the action of following in order

noun - (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

noun - acquisition of property by descent or by will

The act or process of following in order or sequence.

A group of people or things arranged or following in order; a sequence: “A succession of one-man stalls offered soft drinks” (Alec Waugh).

The sequence in which one person after another succeeds to a title, throne, dignity, or estate.

The right of a person or line of persons to so succeed.

The person or line having such a right.

The act or process of succeeding to the rights or duties of another.

The act or process of becoming entitled as a legal beneficiary to the property of a deceased person.

The gradual and orderly process of ecosystem development brought about by changes in community composition and the production of a climax characteristic of a particular geographic region.