retrocessv.
/ˌrɛtrə(ʊ)ˈsɛs/, U.S. /ˌrɛtroʊˈsɛs/ Scots Law.
transitive. To reconvey a right to (a person); to restore (a person) to a former position or status. Also occasionally intransitive. Cf. retrocession n. 1.
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society > law > legal right > resumption or restoration of rights > restore to legal rights [verb (transitive)] > restore to a legal status
repone1574
rehabilitate1580
re-enable1611
retrocess1682
recapacitate1686
1682 in J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council (1759) I. 170 And assoilȝie her from the other article of the libel anent her giving to him another assignation to the moveables, seeing it appeared the former was only a trust, and he had retrocessed her.
1707 J. Spotiswood Introd. Knowl. Stile Writs Scotl. 65 I by these presents Repone, Restore, and Retrocess him and his foresaids to his own full Right and Place of the Premisses.
1777 H. Home Elucidations iii. 16 A man who by fraud has procured an assignment to a jus crediti, is bound in conscience to retrocess the cedent.
1859 Jrnl. Jurispr. 3 101 On payment of the debt, to retrocess him or his executors, and to pay any balance of the funds recovered.
1893 Glasgow Herald 6 Mar. 9/6 The defence was that the trustees were not bound to retrocess until pursuer made payment to them of the sums he was due the estate.
1901 Scots Law Times 15 June 53/2 The defender's averment that he had no prospect of being retrocessed remained uncontradicted.
2004 Evening Standard (Nexis) 3 Dec. a27 The Bank of Scotland also provides impenetrable nonsense with this letter: ‘We hereby give you notice that Bank of Scotland have retrocessed, reponed and restored Executors and Assignees.’
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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