successor
successor n. (1)继承人 (2)继任者；接替者 指因前任任期届满、退休、辞职或被撤职而接替公职的人。 (3)继受公司 指通过兼并、合并或其他法律手段而取得其他公司权利并承担义务的公司。 (→hereditary successor; predecessor; representative)
SUCCESSOR
successor
successor. 1. A person who succeeds to the office, rights, responsibilities, or place of another; one who replaces or follows a predecessor. 2. A corporation that, through amalgamation, consolidation, or other assumption of interests, is vested with the rights and duties of an earlier corporation. [Cases: Corporations 445.1, 589–590. C.J.S. Corporations §§ 657, 809–810.] particular