\Suc*ces"sor\, n. [OE. successour, OF. successur,
successor, F. successeur, L. successor. See {Succeed}.]
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. --Chaucer.
      A gift to a corporation, either of lands or of
      chattels, without naming their successors, vests an
      absolute property in them so lond as the corporation
      subsists.                                --Blackstone.