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I encountered one of instances of the phrase, and it appears to be some kind of idiom.

I can somewhat vaguely grasp the idea, but what does the phrase exactly mean? A due successor? A de facto successor? A theoretical successor? Or some other ways to understand?

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  • I think logical means that they are applying some logical explanation to make their point. (Point A + Point B + Point C = the person should be the successor). I don't think there is a specific idiomatic explanation for the phrase.
    – user3169
    Commented Mar 11, 2017 at 1:18
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    logical = "something that follows because of logic" So something like "the successor that makes the most sense".
    – stangdon
    Commented Mar 11, 2017 at 12:49

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I'd say that "logical" in those sentences would be equivalent to "foreseeable" (meaning, "expected according to the circumstances").

This is so much so that the string "logical foreseeable" can be found in quite a few good examples on the Internet, as if those two adjectives reinforced each other.

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