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Cession

Cession Meaning & Definition
Cession Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cession?

[n] the act of ceding

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cession: ceding

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cession: abalienation | abandonment | abdication | abjuration | abjurement | alienation | allowance | amortization | amortizement | assignation | assignment | bargain and sale | barter | bequeathal | capitulation | circumscription | concession | conferment | conferral | consignation | consignment | conveyance | conveyancing | deeding | deliverance | delivery | demise | dispensation | disposal | disposition | dropping out | dumping | enfeoffment | exception | exchange | exemption | extenuating circumstances | forgoing | forswearing | getting rid of | giving | giving in | giving over | giving up | grain of salt | grant | handing over | hedge | hedging | lease and release | letting go | limitation | mental reservation | modification | qualification | recantation | recedence | recession | release | relinquishment | renouncement | renunciation | reservation | resignation | restriction | retraction | retreat | riddance | sacrifice | sale | salvo | settlement | settling | special case | special treatment | specialness | specification | surrender | swearing off | trading | transfer | transference | transmission | transmittal | vesting | waiver | withdrawing | yielding

See Also | ceding back | recession | relinquishing | relinquishment

Cession In Webster's Dictionary

\Ces"sion\, n. [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) The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation. 5. (Civil Law) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.

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