Game concept
Appointment Succession Law
The game also links it as Appointment Succession Laws, Appointment Succession, Appointment, Appointments.
From the game's encyclopedia
Under Appointment Succession Law, the Title and its associated Holdings will be inherited by the Candidate with the highest Candidate Score.
The types are:
• Appointment Succession
• Acclamation Succession
• Celestial Appointment Succession
• Celestial Commander Succession
• Minister Appointment
• Grand Marshal Appointment
• Meritocratic Appointment Succession
• Meritocratic Commander Succession
• Ritsuryō Appointment Succession
• Clerical Appointment
The game's text for patch 1.20.1.2. Words in blue are entries of the encyclopedia: hover one to read it, as in the game.
Appointment Succession Law is an entry of Crusader Kings III's in-game encyclopedia. The game explains it: "Under Appointment Succession Law, the Title and its associated Holdings will be inherited by the Candidate with the highest Candidate Score." It is part of succession_laws. It covers Appointment Level. The game also links it as Appointment Succession Laws, Appointment Succession, Appointment and Appointments. Patch 1.20.1.2, from game/common/game_concepts/07_ep3_game_concepts.txt and game/localization/english/game_concepts_l_english.yml.
Source: game/common/game_concepts/07_ep3_game_concepts.txt, game/localization/english/game_concepts_l_english.yml and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.1.2.