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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
To yield up; to assign; to grant. Generally used to designate the transfer of territory from one government to another.
Goetz v. United States (O. O.) 103 Fed. 72; Baltimore v. Turnpike Road, 80 Md. 535, 31 Atl. 420; Somers v. Pierson, 16 N. J. Law, 181.