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cession

act of ceding, as of territory

Not to be confused with:

session – a meeting; a period of time

ces·sion

(sĕsh′ən)

1. A ceding or surrendering, as of territory to another country by treaty.

2. Something, such as territory, that is ceded.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cessiō, cessiōn-, from cessus, past participle of cēdere, to yield; see ked- in Indo-European roots.]

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cession

(ˈsɛʃən)

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the act of ceding, esp of ceding rights, property, or territory

2. (Law) the act of ceding, esp of ceding rights, property, or territory

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) something that is ceded, esp land or territory

[C14: from Latin cessiō, from cēdere to yield]

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ces•sion

(ˈsɛʃ ən)

n.

1. the act of ceding, as by treaty.

2. something that is ceded, as territory.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin cessiō= ced-, variant s. of cēd(ere) (see cede) + -tiō -tion]

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Noun

cession - the act of ceding

ceding

relinquishing, relinquishment - the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.

ceding back, recession - the act of ceding back

Translations

εκχωρητήριο

abandon

cessione

cession

[ˈseʃən] N → cesión f

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cession

n → Abtretung f; cession of land/territory → Gebietsabtretung (→ en pl) f

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"To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the government of the United States; and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislatures of the States in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings."

And as it is to be appropriated to this use with the consent of the State ceding it; as the State will no doubt provide in the compact for the rights and the consent of the citizens inhabiting it; as the inhabitants will find sufficient inducements of interest to become willing parties to the cession; as they will have had their voice in the election of the government which is to exercise authority over them; as a municipal legislature for local purposes, derived from their own suffrages, will of course be allowed them; and as the authority of the legislature of the State, and of the inhabitants of the ceded part of it, to concur in the cession, will be derived from the whole people of the State in their adoption of the Constitution, every imaginable objection seems to be obviated.

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Tom's heartbreak vanished and he joined the pro- cession, not because he would not a thousand times rather go anywhere else, but because an awful, un- accountable fascination drew him on.

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To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, Dockyards, and other needful Buildings;--And

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The next minute the bells were dinning furiously, and the various buildings were vomiting monks and nuns, who went swarming in a rush toward the coming pro- cession; and with them went that magician -- and he was on a rail, too, by the abbot's order; and his reputation was in the mud, and mine was in the sky again.

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During all the inter- vening time my mental condition had been a hurrying suc- cession of vague emotional states or a sort of stupid recep- tivity.

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He is a French ambassador, come to treat with our rulers about the cession of Canada."

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It has been the prudent policy of Congress to appease this controversy, by prevailing upon the States to make cessions to the United States for the benefit of the whole.

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For excusations, cessions, modesty itself well governed, are but arts of ostentation.

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En effet, l'Autorite marocaine du marche des capitaux (AMMC) a vise le prospectus de l'Offre publique de vente (OPV) qui porte sur la cession de 2% du capital de Maroc Telecom par l'Etat pour un montant global de pres de 2,2 milliards de DH.

Maroc Telecom: les details de l'OPV - ALBAYANE

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