Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cassation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cassation \Cas*sa"tion\, n. [F. cassation. See {Cass}.]
The act of annulling.
A general cassation of their constitutions. --Motley.
{Court of cassation}, the highest court of appeal in France,
which has power to quash (Casser) or reverse the decisions
of the inferior courts.
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