Cassation
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
COURT OF. [Fr. cour de cassation,] The highest court in France; so termed from possessing the power to quash (passer) the decrees of inferior courts. It is a court of appeal in criminal as well as civil cases. It was established in 1*790, under the name of the Tribunal of cassation, and received its present name in 1804. Encyclop, Americ, Brande,