Suc-çĕs'sor, n.

(Synop., § 130), n. [Lat., Pr., & Pg., from Lat. succedere, to succeed; It. successore, Sp. sucesor, Fr. successeur.] One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character;—correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king. A gift to a corporation, either of lands or of chattels, without naming their successors, vests an absolute property in them so long as the corporation subsists. Blackstone.