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Definition of Supersession

1. Noun. Act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior.

Definition of Supersession

1. n. The act of superseding, or the state of being superseded; supersedure.

Definition of Supersession

1. Noun. The act of superseding; the fact of having been superseded. ¹

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Definition of Supersession

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Supersession

Literary usage of Supersession

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Valuation of Public Service Corporations: Legal and Economic Phases of by Robert Harvey Whitten (1912)
"Problem of past supersession discussed by Henry Earle Riggs. 460. ... United States Supreme Court declares that past supersession may not be included. 463. ..."

2. Valuation of Public Service Corporations: Legal and Economic Phases of by Robert Harvey Whitten (1912)
"... directly by the public in return for a lower rate of profit to the investor.6 § 459. Problem of past supersession discussed by Henry Earle Riggs. ..."

3. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1907)
"SECTION II THE supersession OP THE COUNCIL § 1. Evolution of the Cabinet. The The Restoration did not give back to the Council the after the judicial powers ..."

4. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1907)
"SECTION II THE supersession OP THE COUNCIL § 1. Evolution of the Cabinet. The The Restoration did not give back to the Council the after the judicial powers ..."

5. English Poor Law Policy by Sidney Webb, Beatrice Potter Webb (1910)
"APPENDIX B1 EXTRACT FROM THE MINORITY REPORT FOR SCOTLAND, GIVING THE REASONS IN FAVOUR OF THE COMPLETE supersession OF THE POOR LAW WE realise that the ..."

6. Guild Socialism: An Historical and Critical Analysis by Niles Carpenter (1922)
"THE POLICY OF "supersession" The historical discussion of the National Guilds Movement showed that the Guild Movement has all but suffered ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... it is also in great part dispensable; it perishes by supersession, what is valuable in the work or possession of one century being constantly absorbed, ..."

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