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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Succeding, Succeeding, Succeiding, vbl. n. [Late ME and e.m.E. succedyng (c1450), succeding (1482), succeeding (Shakespeare); Succed(e v.] a. Succession; following (another) as heir. Also const. to. b. Succeding in the vice (of others), the action of Succed(e v. 3 c.a. 1546 Crawford Mun. Invent. II 63 (15 April).
The gryt … wrangis of umquhill Alexander … committit agane … his fader throw quhilkis the said umquhill Alexander … tint the succeeding to his fader 1596 Dalr. I 58/5.
Heir now, be a commoune vse of succeiding, thay entir at thair awne hand without ony mairb. 1622-6 Bisset I 128/30.
All actionis anent [the] succeding in the vyce of utheris c1630 Hope Minor Practicks (1726) 99.
Where the violent possessor leaves the lands; if any person enter therein, he may be pursued for succeeding in the vice, and for payment of the violent profits a1633 Hope Major Pract. II 105.
In ane actione of succeiding in the vice persewit be Margaret Watsone … contra Jhon Law … as succeiding in vice and place of William Craig 1681 Stair Inst. ii ix § 45.
Succeeding in the vice is a kind of intrusion, whereby after warning any person comes in possession, by consent of the parties warned, or their fault in not offering the void possession