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into open warfare. Wars of succession are also often referred to as a civil war, when in fact it was a conflict within the royalty, or broader aristocracy, that civilians were dragged into. It depends on the circumstances whether a war of succession is also a civil war in the sense of ''intra''state war (if it is limited to armed conflict inside one state), or it may be an ''inter''state war (if foreign powers intervene; sometimes called 'international' war), or both.

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