Ces″sion (?), n. [L. cessio, fr. cedere to give way: cf. F. Cession. See Cede.] 1. A yielding to physical force. Bacon.
2. Concession; compliance.
3. 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.
4. (Eccl. Law) The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation.
5. (Civil Law) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.