单词 | cassation |
释义 | cassationn.1 1. The action of making null or void; cancellation, abrogation. Court of Cassation [French Cour de cassation] , in France, the appellation of the supreme court of appeal, as having the power in the last resort to alter, or cancel, or quash (casser) decisions of the other courts which are wrong in form or law. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [noun] revoking1395 revocationc1400 cassationc1425 annulling1449 reclamationa1475 annulmenta1492 retractation1531 disannulling1533 abrogation1535 cancellation1535 retraction1536 extinguishment1537 undoing1540 abrenunciation1557 revocating1570 reversement1572 revokement1573 annihilation1579 revocatory1579 annullity1586 retroversion1587 rescission1594 recall1597 recision1606 disannulment1611 repeal1612 rasurea1616 cancelment1621 retractinga1624 cancelling1631 extinction1651 circumduction1726 cassing1844 recallment1845 cancel1884 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. ix. xxiii. 70 Quhen of þir Electiownys Twa fell sic Cassatiownys. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Cassation, a cassation, a quashing, cassing, breaking. a1619 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 112 There was no cassation of the first [election]. 1750 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria (1752) 369 Under penalty of Cassation and being mulct. 1849 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. (new ed.) II. vi. 28 A new tribunal, entitled the Court of Cassation, was established at Paris to revise the sentences of inferior tribunals. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic I. i. ii. 155 By a general cassation of all their constitutions. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > discharge from service > [noun] cassation1602 exauctorationa1654 muster out1889 general discharge1947 bowler-hatting1953 1602 W. Segar Honor Mil. & Civill i. xxv. 32 Cassation causary or reasonable..in consideration of sicknesse or disability... Cassation ignominious, was for some offence, or crime worthy of lesse punishment then death. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2018). cassationn.2 Music. A piece of instrumental music of the eighteenth century similar to the serenade, and often performed out of doors. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [noun] > serenade goodnight1600 serenade1728 cassation1879 1879 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 319/1 Cassation..designates a piece of music of the last century, for the open air..much like the Serenade. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 663/1 The cassation is a smaller composition [than the serenade], beginning (like Beethoven's serenade op. 8) with a march. 1983 New Oxf. Compan. Music I. 680/2 Finalmusik... A type of piece related to the divertismento, serenade, or cassation which ended an outdoor concert. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1c1425n.21879 |
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