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Legal Definitions - cession

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Definition of cession

Cession: The act of giving up or transferring property rights or land from one entity to another.

Examples:

  • When a person sells their house, they are making a cession of their property rights to the new owner.
  • After the war, the defeated country made a cession of land to the victorious country as part of the peace agreement.

The first example illustrates how cession can occur in a personal propertytransaction. The second example shows how cession can occur between nations as part of a peace agreement.

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Simple Definition

Cession: When someone gives up their rights to something, it's called a cession. This can happen when one country gives land to another country as part of a peace agreement after a war. The land that is given up is also called a cession.

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