succession taking over | acquisition of property by descent or by will |
liquidation settlement | termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities |
viatical settlement viaticus settlement | sale of an insurance policy by a terminally ill policy holder |
throne | the position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions |
succession sequence | the action of following in order, he played the trumps in sequence |
colonization colonisation settlement | the act of colonizing, the establishment of colonies, the British colonization of America |
War of the Austrian Succession | Prussia and Austria fought over Silesia and most of the rest of Europe took sides, - |
War of the Spanish Succession | a general war in Europe (-) that broke out when Louis XIV installed his grandson on the throne of Spain, England and Holland hoped to limit Louis' power |
cathedra bishop's throne | a throne that is the official chair of a bishop |
peacock-throne | the golden throne of former kings of Delhi, stolen by the Persians in and subsequently lost, symbol of the former Shah of Iran |
settlement house | a center in an underprivileged area that provides community services |
throne | the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc., the king sat on his throne |
toilet can commode crapper pot potty stool throne | a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination |
sequence chronological sequence succession successiveness chronological succession | a following of one thing after another in time, the doctor saw a sequence of patients |
settlement resolution closure | something settled or resolved, the outcome of decision making, they finally reached a settlement with the union, they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences, he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure |
marriage contract marriage settlement | a prenuptial agreement or contract |
settlement | a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it |
out-ofourt settlement | resolution of a dispute prior to the rendering of a final decision by the trial court |
property settlement | (matrimonial law) the division of property owned or acquired by marriage partners during their marriage |
village small town settlement | a community of people smaller than a town |
colony settlement | a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland, inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government, the American colony in Paris |
frontier settlement outpost | a settlement on the frontier of civilization |
line of succession | the order in which individuals are expected to succeed one another in some official position |
succession | a group of people or things arranged or following in order, a succession of stalls offering soft drinks, a succession of failures |
settlement | an area where a group of families live together |
viatical settlement | cash derived from sale of an insurance policy by a terminally ill policy holder |
succession ecological succession | (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 |
enthrone throne | put a monarch on the throne, The Queen was enthroned more tha years ago |
throne | sit on the throne as a ruler |