Sentence examples for rules on succession from inspiring English sources

Zoe Williams, writing in The Guardian, seemed equally unhappy: "No chance to test the new rules on succession unfortunately".

A campaign group was set up called The Hares, after the Tory peer Lord Trefgarne said that changing the rules on succession to the crown would "set the hare running" on whether all inherited titles should be gender-neutral.

Asked if David Cameron – who last week agreed with Commonwealth states to change the rules on succession to the throne – had any plans to reform the system, the prime minister's spokeswoman said: "I know of no plans at the moment to look into it".

Changes to the rules on succession appear likely to be backed by the 15 other countries who have the Queen as their monarch, a minister has said.

The most recent attempt to steer changes to the rules on succession through Parliament was by Labour former minister Keith Vaz in January.

Now he seemed intent on bending the rules of succession to his will.

The former state Attorney General John Farmer Jr., a Republican who was New Jersey's acting governor for an hour and a half on Jan . 18 , 2002and the last of four interim governors to serve in a circuslike transition from Christie Todd Whitman to Mr. McGreevey, offers his thoughts on the chronically murky rules of succession and the role of an acting governor.

But a financial scandal that implicated his party has gravely dented his authority, as has a row over his attempt to change the rules on imperial succession to allow for the possibility of a female emperor.

The Australia tour included a Commonwealth leaders' summit in Perth at which the rules on royal succession were changed to allow sons and daughters equal rights.

Oral tradition furthermore credits Andriamanelo with establishing a ruling class of nobles (andriana) and defining the rules of succession.

Del Nero has been criticised by his vice-president Delfim Peixoto before a special general meeting on Thursday at which the confederation will discuss whether to change the rules of succession.