Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cession"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cession \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cession
n : the act of ceding [syn: {ceding}]
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