Cession

Definition - Noun
1  : an act of ceding
: a yielding (as of property) to another: as
a  in the civil law of Louisiana : assignment or transfer of property rights by a debtor to a creditor
b  : transfer of liability by an insurer to a reinsurer
c  : transfer of control of or sovereignty over specific property or territory esp. by treaty <such district...as may, by ~ of particular States...become the seat of the government of the United States ­U.S. Constitution art. I>
2  : the monetary amount of liability ceded by an insurer to a reinsurer
compare concession
Pronunciation'se-sh&n

Pronunciation Key

  • \&\ as a and u in a b ut
  • \[^&]\ as e in kitt en
  • \&r\ as ur and er in f urther
  • \a\ as a inash
  • \A\ as a in ace
  • \?\ as o in m op
  • \au\ as ou in ou t
  • \ch\ as ch in ch in
  • \e\ as e in bet
  • \E\ as ea in easy
  • \g\ as g in go
  • \i\ as i in hit
  • \I\ as i in ice
  • \j\ as j in job
  • \[ng]\ as ng in sing
  • \O\ as o in go
  • \o\ as aw in law
  • \oi\ as oy in boy
  • \th\ as th in thin
  • \[th_]\ as thin the
  • \?\ as oo in loot
  • \u\ as oo in foot
  • \y\ as y in yet
  • \zh\ as si in vision


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a writ calling the attention of the trial court to facts which do not appear on the record despite the exercise of reasonable diligence by the defendant and which if known and established at the time a judgment was rendered would have resulted in a different judgment


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