Succession

method whereby the ministry of the Christian Church is held to be derived from the apostles by a continuous succession

Primogeniture () is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn legitimate child to inherit all or most of their parent's estate, as well as succeed their parent as the ruler of a state.

form of government

ordered list of individuals in line to take on a given position should the office become vacant

thumb|320px|Günther von Schwarzburg, antiking to [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor in 1349, Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493]]

event in Latter Day Saint history after the death of Joseph Smith in 1844

Izgoi is a term that is found in medieval Kievan Rus'. In primary documents, it indicated orphans who were protected by the church. In historiographic writing on the period, the term was meant as a prince in Kievan Rus' who was excluded from succession to the Kievan throne because his father had not held the throne before, as exemplified by Yaroslav the Wise's two youngest sons becoming izgoi.

discussion about changing the Japanese throne's laws of succession