Under the government's view, the responsibility passes to a successor company, one that never employed the miner but that is the direct descendant of one that did.
In Roman law, upon the death of a person, the totality of his legal rights and duties passed to a universal successor, the heir.
Eventually, the "Crown of Tampons" was passed to a new winner, the reasons a successor is chosen are not obvious to lay viewer.
On the death of his successor in 1398, the countship passed to a collateral line, Foix-Grailly, which in the 15th century became involved through marriage in the affairs of Navarre.
Especially if you intend to sell the company or pass it to a successor, it needs to remain cutting-edge and competitive, and you need to stay focused on its continued success.
The administration's support for the Core was one of the issues that propelled critics to accuse the U.S. Education Department of micromanaging local education issues and pushed Congress to finally move, last December, to pass a successor bill to the widely disliked K-12 No Child Left Behind law.
The DuMond case then passed to his Republican successor, Mike Huckabee, who announced his intention to free the prisoner.
Rather, the authority to pursue the appeal on behalf of the legislature passed to appellants' successors in office, and the controversy ended when the legislature declined to pursue its appeal.
Rather, under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c)(1), the authority of Karcher and Orechio to pursue the appeal on behalf of the legislature passed to their successors in office.
They no longer hold those offices, and the authority to pursue the lawsuit on behalf of the legislature has passed to their successors under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c)(1).
