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Universal Succession

Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

“A succession to a univcrsitas juris. It occurs when one man is vested with the legal clothing of another, becoming at the same moment subject to all his liabilities aud entitled to all his rights.” Maine, Anc. L. 179.