cassation (countable and uncountable, plural cassations)
The abrogation of a law by a higher authority; annulment.
• quashing
cassation (plural cassations)
(music) A piece of instrumental music of the eighteenth century similar to the serenade, and often performed outdoors.
Source: Wiktionary
Cas*sa"tion, n. Etym: [F. cassation. See Cass.]
Definition: The act of annulling. A general cassation of their constitutions. Motley. Court of cassation, the highest court of appeal in France, which has power to quash (Casser) or reverse the decisions of the inferior courts.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 March 2025
(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
