Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Giving up; yielding.
  • noun cessionaries (-riz). In Roman law, one to whom property has been assigned or conveyed; a transferee, assignee, or grantee.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having surrendered the effects.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The person who receives transfer or cession of a personal obligation from the cedent.

Etymologies

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From Latin cedere ("to yield").

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