- cession
- A surrender; a giving up; a relinquishment of jurisdiction by a board in favor of another agency. 31 Am J Rev ed Lab § 213; the transfer of territory by one nation to another. See cede.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
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cession — [ sesjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1266; lat. cessio, de cedere → céder ♦ Dr. Action de céder (un droit, un bien) à titre onéreux, ou à titre gratuit. ⇒ transmission; donation, transfert, transport, vente. Acte de cession. Cession de qqch. à qqn (par qqn).… … Encyclopédie Universelle
cession — ces·sion / se shən/ n 1: an act of ceding: a yielding (as of property) to another: as a in the civil law of Louisiana: assignment or transfer of property rights by a debtor to a creditor b: transfer of liability by an insurer to a reinsurer c:… … Law dictionary
cession — CESSION. s. f. Transport, démission. Faire cession de son droit. [b]f♛/b] On dit, Faire cession de biens, ou simplement, Faire cession, pour dire, Abandonner ses biens à ses créanciers en vertu des Lettres du Prince, pour avoir la liberté de sa… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
Cession — Ces sion, n. [L. cessio, fr. cedere to give way: cf. F. Cession. See {Cede}.] 1. A yielding to physical force. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. Concession; compliance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 3. A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cession — ces‧sion [ˈseʆn] noun [countable, uncountable] LAW when a person, company, or country officially gives property, land, or rights to someone else: • Russia was vehemently opposed to cession of the Liaodong Peninsula. see also cede * * * cession… … Financial and business terms
cession — late 14c., from O.Fr. cession cession; death (13c.), from L. cessionem (nom. cessio) a giving up, surrendering, noun of action from pp. stem of cedere to go away, yield (see CEDE (Cf. cede)) … Etymology dictionary
cession — Cession. s. f. verbal, Transport, demission. Faire cession de son droit. Faire cession, signifie, Abandonner en vertu des Lettres du Prince ses biens à ses Creanciers, faute de les pouvoir payer, pour avoir la liberté de sa personne … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
cession — Cession, Cessio. Faire cession, Bonis cedere, Perfugere ad aram cessionis … Thresor de la langue françoyse
Cession — (v. lat., Rechtsw.), ein Rechtsact, wodurch das, einem Gläubiger gegen seinen Schuldner zustehende Forderungsrecht einem Dritten zur Geltendmachung für sein Interesse abgetreten wird. Der Gesichtspunkt, von welchem das gemeine Recht dabei ausgeht … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Cession — (lat.), s. Zession … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
cession — ► NOUN ▪ the formal giving up of rights, property, or territory by a state. ORIGIN Latin, from cedere cede … English terms dictionary
