| 释义 |
ces·sion
\ˈseshən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin cession-, cessio, from cessus, past participle of cedere to withdraw, yield + -ion-, -io -ion — more at cede
1. : a yielding (as of property or territory or rights) to another : act of ceding : concession
< no territorial cessions in the west were envisaged — Vera M. Dean >
< his cession to her of every right of judgment in the home — Mary Austin >
2. obsolete : a yielding to physical or moral force, persuasion, or temptation : compliance
< they shall prevail by cession, by sweetness and counsel — Jeremy Taylor >
3. civil law : an assignment to another of the rights of a creditor or of ownership of a right of action or a claim
4. ecclesiastical law : the vacating of a benefice by becoming a bishop or by accepting another without proper dispensation
5. international law : a transfer usually evidenced by a treaty of sovereignty over territory by one sovereign state to another apparently willing to accept it |