单词 | cession |
释义 | cessionn. a. to physical force or pressure. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [noun] > elasticity > yieldingness cession1626 cessibility1644 yielding1665 flexibility1677 yieldingness1802 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §354 They both [Flame and Air] have quickness of Motion, and facility of Cession, much alike. 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall i. 36 It is the equal pressure of the Air on all sides upon the Bodies that are in it, which causes the easie Cession of its parts. 1693 J. Tyrrell Brief Disquis. Law Nature 52 That Cession or giving place to each other, which is so necessary for the performance of their motions. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > [noun] > giving in yieldingc1425 yield1602 cession1607 yieldance1610 giving in1831 1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist ii. vi. 50 Certaine cessions of the godly, who yelded even to the very doing of certaine things imposed on them. 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) xxxvii. 229 Excusations, cessions, modesty it selfe well gouerned are but arts of ostentation. a. The vacating of an office either by retirement or death; a ceasing to hold office. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > [noun] resignationa1387 surceasingc1435 resign1457 cessationa1464 dimissiona1513 demission1577 cession1608 avoidance1642 retirement1648 cess1689 cesser1689 resigning1743 retiring1808 retiral1840 inkyo1871 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [noun] > action or fact of vacating office cessationa1464 vacance1579 cession1608 cess1689 cesser1689 vacating1855 vacation1860 1608 Bp. J. King Serm. St. Maries Oxf. 5 There are two persons, Dauid and Salomon, and accordingly two partes, first the cession or decease of the one, secondly the succession and supply of the other. 1683 Britanniæ Speculum 65 By the Cession of many little Princes, these Petty Kingdoms were united, and greater Monarchies created. 1718 Mem. Life J. Kettlewell i. ix. 31 The Fellowship..vacant by the Cession of Mr. John Radcliffe. 1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. ii. v. 408 The Cession was in Consequence of his [sc. God's] own Declaration to Samuel. b. Ecclesiastical Law. ‘One manner of vacating or voiding an ecclesiastical benefice’; see quots. ΚΠ 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 50 When an Ecclesiasticall person is created Bishop, or when a Parson of a Parsonage taketh another Benefice without dispensation or otherwise not qualified..their first Benefices are.. said to become void by cession. 1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. Cession, in the case of bishops does not take place till consecration. 3. a. The action of ceding, or surrendering to another, rights, property or anything to which one has a title or claim; also giving up anything in compliance with a demand; concession. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > [noun] resignationc1380 resigning1395 upgivingc1423 cessionc1440 delivery?c1452 resign1457 remittinga1475 resignment1543 surrendry1547 resignal?1573 quittancea1593 relinquishment1593 delinquishment1603 abandon1614 surrendering1648 untaking1657 permission1677 vacating1820 the mind > possession > relinquishing > [noun] > in compliance with demand abandon1755 abdication1755 abandonment1787 cession1788 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 67 Cessyone, cessio. a1623 H. Swinburne Treat. Spousals (1686) 179 Who..hath no direct action..without Cession, or grant first made by the Proctor. 1775 S. Johnson in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1831) III. 106 Not..that you had personally made any cession of the rights of your house. 1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 458 They will make great cessions to the people, rather than small ones to the parliament. 1848 J. Arnould Law Marine Insurance II. ix. ii. 1163 Supposing a notice of abandonment to have been duly given, no deed of cession, or formal transfer of any kind, is necessary. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iv. 266 Notwithstanding his former cession of his rights. b. Civil Law. The voluntary surrender by a debtor of all his effects to his creditors. (Latin cessio bonorum.) ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [noun] > voluntary transfer of effects to creditor cession1622 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [noun] > seizing lands or goods > attachment of person or property for debt > surrender of goods to creditors cession1622 bonorum1623 surrender1725 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 429 The manner of Cedere bonis, or to make cession of goods, is verie hainous, and of wonderfull disgrace. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Cession carry'd with it a Mark of Infamy, and oblig'd the Person to wear a green Cap, or Bonnet. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 473 I mean the law of cession, introduced by the christian emperors; whereby if a debtor ceded, or yielded up, all his fortune to his creditors, he was secured from being dragged to a gaol. c. The ceding, giving up, or ‘handing over’ of a portion of territory to another ruler or state. Sometimes concrete a portion of territory surrendered. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > [noun] > handing over or giving up to another > of territory cession1678 society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > territory governed by a ruler or state > ceded to another ruler or state cession1803 1678 W. Temple Let. to Ld. Treasurer Sept. (R.) To write..about the..cession of Maestricht. 1772 T. Pennant Tours Scotl. (1774) 207 Content to make a cession of the islands to Alexander III. 1803 Duke of Wellington Let. 7 June in Dispatches (1837) I. 624 The troops which are hereafter to occupy the Marhatta cessions to the southward. 1862 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 3) App. iii. 432 All treaties for any cession or exchange of territory must be ratified by the Legislature. 1879 J. Lubbock Addresses, Polit. & Educ. i. 9 We reluctantly consented to accept the cession of the Fiji Islands. d. Misused for cessation n. ΚΠ a1806 H. K. White Remains (1807) II. 276 A golden age and its cession. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1440 |
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