What is CESSION? Definition of CESSION in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.
The act of ceding; a yielding or giving up; surrender; relinquishment of property or rights.
In the Civil Law
An assignment. The act by which a party transfers property to another. The surrender or assignment of property for the benefit of one's creditors. See Cessio Bonorum.
In Ecclesiastical Law
A giving up or vacating a benefice, by accepting another without a proper dispensation. 1 Bl. Comm. 392; Latch. 234; Cowell.
In Public Law
The assignment, transfer, or yielding up of territory by one state or government to another. Municipality of Ponce v. Church, 210 U.S. 310, 28 S.Ct. 737, 52 L.Ed. 1068.
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