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cession

Noun

∙ That which is ceded. Insurance: (part of) a risk which is transferred from one actor to another.
∙ The giving up of rights, property etc. which one is entitled to.

BABYLON ENGLISH
cession n.
concession, capitulation, yielding of territory or property

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
cession
cession
\ces"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.

WORDNET 2.0
cession
Noun
1. the act of ceding
(synonym) ceding
(hypernym) relinquishment, relinquishing
(hyponym) recession, ceding back
(derivation) concede, yield, cede, grant

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Cession
The act of cession is the assignment of property to another entity. In international law it commonly refers to land transferred by treaty. Ballentine's Law Dictionary defines cession as "a surrender; a giving up; a relinquishment of jurisdiction by a board in favor of another agency" In contrast with annexation, where property is forcibly given up, cession is voluntary or at least apparently so.
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WIKTIONARY - Yabla

cession

Noun

∙ That which is ceded. Insurance: (part of) a risk which is transferred from one actor to another.
∙ The giving up of rights, property etc. which one is entitled to.

BABYLON ENGLISH
cession n.
concession, capitulation, yielding of territory or property

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
cession
cession
\ces"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.

WORDNET 2.0
cession
Noun
1. the act of ceding
(synonym) ceding
(hypernym) relinquishment, relinquishing
(hyponym) recession, ceding back
(derivation) concede, yield, cede, grant

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Cession
The act of cession is the assignment of property to another entity. In international law it commonly refers to land transferred by treaty. Ballentine's Law Dictionary defines cession as "a surrender; a giving up; a relinquishment of jurisdiction by a board in favor of another agency" In contrast with annexation, where property is forcibly given up, cession is voluntary or at least apparently so.
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