CESSION

cession. Cession, n. a giving way, yielding up, resignation

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Ces″sion (?), n. [[L. cessio, fr. cedere to give way: cf. F. Cession. See Cede.]] 1. 1. A yielding to physical force. Bacon.
2. 2. Concession; compliance.
3. 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. 4. (Eccl. Law) The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation.
5. 5. (Civil Law) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.