Cession

The act of cading; a yielding or giving up; surrender; relinquishment of property or rights. In the civil law.

Anassignment

The act by which a party transfers property to another. The surrender or assignment of property for the benefit of one’s creditors.

In ecclesiastical law

<A giving up or vacating a benefice, by accepting another without a proper dispensation.

1 Bi. Comm, 392; Latch, 234.

In public law. The assignmeni, transfer, or yielding up of territory by one state or government to another.