cession Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of ceding
    ceding.

WordNet

Ces"sion noun
Etymology
L. cessio, fr. cedere to give way: cf. F. Cession. See Cede.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913