cessionces"sion (?), n. [l. cessio, fr. cedere to
give way: cf. f. cession.
see cede.]
1. a
yielding to
physical force. [obs.]
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.
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.
(
n.)
The
voluntary surrender of a
person's effects to
his creditors to
avoid imprisonment. Â
(
n.)
The
giving up or
vacating a
benefice by
accepting another without a
proper dispensation. Â
(
n.)
Concession; compliance. Â
(
n.)
A yielding, or surrender, as of
property or rights, to
another person;
the act of ceding. Â
(
n.)
A
yielding to
physical force. Â
Surrender, as of
possessions or rights.
Noun1.
the act of
ceding (synonym)
ceding (hypernym) relinquishment,
relinquishing (hyponym) recession,
ceding back (derivation) concede, yield, cede, grant
    cosines
most broadly,
cession (to
cede) is
the assignment of property to
another entity. In international law it
commonly refers to land transferred by treaty.
cession is "a surrender; a yielding; a
giving up." It is voluntary, as
opposed to annexation,
which is forcible.
Contracts.
yielding up; release.
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.Civil Law.
the act by
which a
party assigns or
transfers property to a other; an assignment.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. Â
this entry contains material from Bouvier's
legal Dictionary, a
work published in
the 1850's.
