cession n : the act of ceding [syn: ceding]

Cession \Ces"sion\, n. [L. cessio, fr. cedere to give way: cf. F. Cession. See Cede.]
1. A yielding to physical force. [Obs.] --Bacon.
2. Concession; compliance. [Obs.]
3. A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding. A cession of the island of New Orleans. --Bancroft.
4. (Eccl. Law) The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation.
5. (Civil Law) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.

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The act of Cession, or to cede, is the assignment of property to another entity. In international law it commonly refers to land transferred by treaty. Ballentine's Law Dictionary defines cession as "a surrender; a yielding; a giving up." In contrast with annexation, where property is forcibly given up, cession is voluntary or at least apparently so.

A similar concept to cession is concession, while a recession is a completely different concept.

In 1790, the U.S. states of Maryland and Virginia both ceded land to create the District of Columbia, as specified in the U.S. Constitution of the previous year. The Virginia portion was given back in 1847, a process known as "retrocession".

After the Opium Wars, Hong Kong and Kowloon were ceded by the Qing Dynasty government of China to the United Kingdom.

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