cession

1. n. A yielding to physical force. Source: opted

2. n. Concession; compliance. Source: opted

3. n. A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding. Source: opted

4. n. The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation. Source: opted

5. n. The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment. Source: opted

6. n. the act of ceding Source: wordnet

7. 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. Source: webster

8. The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting anotherwithout a proper dispensation. Source: adambom

9. n:100 n. the act of ceding Source: ecdict

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