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Definition of Cession

1. Noun. The act of ceding.

Definition of Cession

1. n. A yielding to physical force.

Definition of Cession

1. Noun. That which is ceded. Insurance: (part of) a risk which is transferred from one actor to another. ¹

2. Noun. The giving up of rights, property etc. which one is entitled to. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cession

1. the act of ceding [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cession

Literary usage of Cession

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1905)
"cession of State territory is the transfer ol cession of sovereignty over ... There is no doubt whatever that such cession is possible according to the Law ..."

2. International Law Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied by the United States by Charles Cheney Hyde (1922)
"It was there announced that In all of the foregoing Articles the cession embraced documents or ... After the cession of the Floridas to the United States, ..."

3. The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Benjamin Perley Poore, United States, United States Congress. Senate (1877)
"VIRGINIA ACT OF cession—1783.* SECTION 1. Whereas the Congress of the United States did, by their act of the 6th day of September, in the year 1780, ..."

4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"The land constituting the Reservation was part of the territory acquired in 1803 by cession from France, and, until the formation of the State of Kansas and ..."

5. The Principles of International Law by Thomas Joseph Lawrence (1895)
"cession is the formal handing over by agreement of territorial possessions ... 1p1 Since cession is the usual method whereby changes are effected in the ..."

6. Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties by United States, Charles Joseph Kappler (1904)
"620 in Montana, cession of December 28, 1886 262 Santee band in Nebraska 598 Southern Ute in Colorado, proceeds from sales under act of February 20, ..."

7. The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Benjamin Perley Poore, United States Congress. Senate (1878)
"VIRGINIA ACT OF cession—1783.* SECTION i. Whereas the Congress of the United States did, by their act of the 6th day of September, in the year 1780, ..."

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