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Term: SUCCESSIONAL
Definition: Successional means inheriting something, like property or rights, according to the laws that say who gets what when someone dies.
Definition: Successional is an adjective that describes the process of acquiring rights or property through inheritance according to the laws of descent and distribution.
Example: When a person dies without a will, their property is distributed successionaly to their heirs according to state law.
Explanation: This means that if someone dies without a will, their property will be passed down to their family members in a specific order determined by state law. For example, if someone dies without a will and they have a spouse and children, their property will be divided between their spouse and children according to the laws of succession.