Definition of Retrocession

1. n. The act of retroceding.

Definition of Retrocession

1. Noun. The transfer of risk from one reinsurer to another. ¹

2. Noun. The return of land, etc. that was previously ceded. ¹

3. Noun. Metastasis of an eruption or tumour from the surface to the interior of the body. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Retrocession

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Medical Definition of Retrocession

1. 1. The act of retroceding. 2. The state of being retroceded, or granted back. 3. Metastasis of an eruption or a tumour from the surface to the interior of the body. Origin: Cf. F. Retrocession. See Retrocede. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Retrocession

retrocaecal lymph nodes
retrocaecal recess
retrocalcaneobursitis
retrocardiac
retrocausal
retrocausality
retrocaval
retrocaval ureter
retrocede
retroceded
retrocedent
retrocedent gout
retrocedes
retroceding
retrocervical
retrocession (current term)
retrocessions
retrocessive
retrocessively
retrochoir
retrochoirs
retroclusion
retrocochlear deafness
retrocochlear diseases
retrocognition
retrocognitions
retrocognitive
retrocolic
retrocollic
retrocollic spasm

Literary usage of Retrocession

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

1. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by United States Congress, Thomas Hart Benton (1861)
"He did not see how the retrocession could injuriously affect tho county of Washington, ... It belonged to gentlemen to prove that the retrocession would be ..."

2. A Monograph on Plebiscites: With a Collection of Official Documants by Sarah Wambaugh (1920)
"Cette retrocession est faite sous la réserve expresse du consentement de la ... This retrocession is made under the express reservation of the consent of ..."

3. A Monograph on Plebiscites: With a Collection of Official Documants by Sarah Wambaugh (1920)
"Cette retrocession est faite sous la réserve expresse du consentement de la ... This retrocession is made under the express reservation of the consent of ..."

4. A Monograph on Plebiscites: With a Collection of Official Documants by Sarah Wambaugh (1920)
"Cette retrocession est faite sous la réserve expresse du consentement de la ... This retrocession is made under the express reservation of the consent of ..."

5. Treatise on Deeds Chiefly Affecting Moveables by Alexander Duff (1840)
"retrocession (a). 45. FORM AND EFFECT—The style of the retrocession, the deed employed to reconvey to a cedent the right assigned, is exemplified in the ..."

6. Treaties and Conventions with Or Concerning China and Korea, 1894-1904 by William Woodville Rockhill (1904)
"CONVENTION BETWEEN JAPAN AND CHINA FOR THE retrocession BY JAPAN TO CHINA OF THE ... As compensation for the retrocession of the southern portion of the ..."

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