Sucesorios

Sucesorios is a Spanish term whose meaning varies with context, but it is commonly used in relation to succession and inheritance. In general language, it denotes things that relate to or follow in a sequence of events. In legal Spanish, the term appears mainly in expressions such as derechos sucesorios and bienes sucesorios, referring to the rights and assets that pass from a deceased person to heirs or legatees.

In the context of succession law, derechos sucesorios describe the entitlements that heirs acquire as a result of the decedent’s death. These rights can include ownership of property, claims to certain debts, and other legal interests that are transferred as part of the estate. Bienes sucesorios refers to the assets that constitute the estate being transmitted, including real estate, movables, and sometimes rights and obligations that survive the decedent. The process of distributing these rights and assets is governed by testamentary provisions or by intestate succession rules when there is no will.

Beyond law, sucesorios can appear in historical or genealogical writing to indicate lineage or things that have come to follow previous generations. The term emphasizes the idea of continuity or transfer from one generation or state to another.

Notes on usage: the more common formulation in everyday legal language tends to be derechos hereditarios, bienes de la herencia, o masa hereditaria, while sucesorios remains a broader or formal descriptor in official texts. Etymologically, it stems from the notion of succeeding or following in order.