Definition of cession Cession
ces•sion
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What does cession mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: cessions |
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| cession - the act of ceding | ||
| ceding | ||
| relinquishing, relinquishment the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc. | ||
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Wiktionary 
- cession (Noun)
That which is ceded. Insurance: part of a risk which is transferred from one actor to another. - cession (Noun)
The giving up of rights, property etc. which one is entitled to.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cession (n.)
A yielding to physical force. - cession (n.)
Concession; compliance. - cession (n.)
A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding. - cession (n.)
The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation. - cession (n.)
The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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cession
sesh′un, n. a yielding up.—n. Ces′sionary, one to whom an assignment has been legally made.—Cessio bonōrum (Scots law), before 1880 a debtor's surrender of his estate to his creditors in return for a judicial protection from imprisonment in respect of his debts. [Fr.—L. cession-em. See Cede.]
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🔤- cession, noun, singular of cessions.
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