successorship

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English

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Etymology

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From successor +‎ -ship.

Noun

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successorship (countable and uncountable, plural successorships)

  1. The state, condition, or status of being a successor.
    • 1994, Michael Yates, Power on the Job: The Legal Rights of Working People:
      The union may have won a successorship clause in its agreement. Such a clause states that the employer will not sell the plant unless the buyer agrees to honor the agreement. If this is the case, the union has some real leverage.