Order of succession
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
"When Tarquin the Proud caused one of his nephews to be murdered in the hope of securing the succession for his own son, the other nephew feigned insanity; and it was upon him, in accordance with matriarchal law, that the duty of blood-revenge evolved, when his niece Lucretia was assaulted. As in all patriarchal society, the distinction between paternal and maternal uncles was clearly drawn, the former being called ‘patruus’, the latter ‘avunculus’, a diminutive of avus ; that is, ancestor. Thus our word ‘uncle’, a corruption of avunculus, preserves a trace of the matriarchal order of succession." --The Mothers (1927) by Robert Briffault |
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An order of succession or right of succession is the sequence of those entitled to hold a high office such as head of state or an honor such as a title of nobility in the order in which they stand in line to it when it becomes vacated.
Miscellaneous
- List of monarchies by order of succession
- Inheritance
- Order of precedence
- Continuity of government
- Shadow government (disambiguation)
- Royal House
- Crown prince
- Proximity of blood
- Posthumous birth
- Salic law
- Tanistry
- Bayaa