CESSION

cession, ceding

(noun) the act of ceding

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cession (countable and uncountable, plural cessions)

That which is ceded. Insurance: (part of) a risk which is transferred from one actor to another.

The giving up of rights, property etc. which one is entitled to.

Anagrams

• Encisos, cosines, oscines

Source: Wiktionary


Ces"sion, n. Etym: [L. cessio, fr. cedere to give way: cf. F. Cession. See Cede.]

1. A yielding to physical force. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. Concession; compliance. [Obs.]

3. A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding. A cession of the island of New Orleans. Bancroft.

4. (Eccl. Law)

Definition: The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation.

5. (Civil Law)

Definition: The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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