Cēs'sion, n.

(sĕsh'ŭn), n. [Fr. cession, Pr. cessio, ces-sion, Lat. cessio, from cessum, cedere, to give way.]

1. The act of giving way; a yielding to force or impulse; compliance. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding. “A cession of the island of New Orleans.” Bancroft.
3. (Eccl. Law.) The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation. Blackstone.
4. (Civil Law.) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.