successorship

English

Etymology

From successor +‎ -ship.

Noun

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.