Cession

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cession \Ces"sion\, n. [L. cessio, fr. cedere to give way: cf.
     F. Cession. See {Cede}.]
     1. A yielding to physical force. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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     2. Concession; compliance. [Obs.]


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     3. A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to
        another person; the act of ceding.
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              A cession of the island of New Orleans. --Bancroft.
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     4. (Eccl. Law) The giving up or vacating a benefice by
        accepting another without a proper dispensation.
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     5. (Civil Law) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects
        to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cession
       n : the act of ceding [syn: {ceding}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  88 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CESSION, contracts. Yielding up; release.
       2. France ceded Louisiana to the United States, by the treaty of Paris, 
  of April 30, 1803 Spain made a cession of East and West Florida, by the 
  treaty of February 22, 1819. Cessions have been severally made of a part of 
  their territory, by New York, Virginia, Massachusetts, Connecticut) South 
  Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. Vide Gord. Dig. art. 2236 to 2250. 
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CESSION, civil law. The, act by which a party assigns or transfers property 
  to a other; an assignment. 
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CESSION, eccl. law. When an ecclesiastic is created bishop, or when a parson 
  takes another benefice, without dispensation, the first benefice becomes 
  void by a legal cession, or surrender. Cowel, h.t.