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Definition of Cassation
1. n. The act of annulling.
Definition of Cassation
1. Noun. The abrogation of a law by a higher authority; annulment. ¹
2. Noun. (music) piece of instrumental music of the eighteenth century similar to the serenade, and often performed out of doors ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cassation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cassation
| caspases caspofungin casque casqued casques casquet casquetel |
Literary usage of Cassation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1910)
"Le recours en cassation n'a aucun des effets ni des caractères de l'appel. ...
Le tribunal de cassation est plutôt le gardien des lois que l'arbitre de ..."
2. The Constitutions and Other Select Documents Illustrative of the History of by Frank Maloy Anderson (1904)
"There is in the whole Republic one Tribunal of Cassation. It decides: ist.
Upon the petitions in cassation against the judicial decisions in the last resort ..."
3. Europe Since 1815 by Charles Downer Hazen (1910)
"On the next day the Court of Cassation of Cassation annulled the decision of the
court-martial of 1894, and ordered that Dreyfus be tried again before a. ..."
4. In a Time of Torture: The Assault on Justice in Egypt's Crackdown on by Human Rights Watch (Organization)., Human Rights Watch (2004)
"Human Rights Watch has examined forty-one Cassation Court decisions handed down
... In stark contrast, however, the Cassation Court continued to define ..."
5. The Conseil Privé and the Parlements in the Age of Louis XIV: A Study in by Albert N. Hamscher (1987)
"As noted previously, even in cases of cassation that concerned routine juris-
dictional issues, the council did not normally use arrêts sur requête to ..."
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