Cessio In Jure
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Roman law. A fictitious suit, in which the person who was to acquire the thing claimed {vindicabat) the thing as his own, the person who was to transfer it acknowledged the justice of the claim, and the magistrate pronounced it to be the property (addicebat) of the claimant. Sandars, Just. Inst. (5th Ed.) 89, 122. CESSION (Lat. cessio, a yielding). In Civil Law. An assignment. The act by which a party transfers property to another. In Ecclesiastical Law. A surrender. When an ecclesiastic is created bishop, or when a parson takes another benefice, without dispensation, the first benefice becomes void by a legal cession or surrender. Cowell. In Governmental Law. The transfer of land by one government to another.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In Romanlaw. A fictitious suit, in which the person who wss to acquire the thing claimed (vindicaliat) the thing as his own, the person who was to transfer it acknowledged the justice of the claim, and the magistrate pronounced it to be the property (addiecbat) of the claimant. Sandars’ Just. Inst. (4th Ed.) 89, 122.