Examples of cession in a Sentence
territorial cessions from one state to another
The law required cession of the land to the heirs.
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But the minerals deal in the name of compensating American largesse is hardly the worst outcome for Ukraine, especially when compared with the loss of Crimea and cession of whatever other territory Putin gets.
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Samuel Moyn, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
By the time of the cession, only 50,000 Indigenous people were estimated to be left, as well as 483 Russians and 1,421 Creoles (descendants of Russian men and Indigenous women).
—William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, The Conversation, 29 Mar. 2017
The other is from the perspective of my people, who have lived in Alaska for thousands of years, and for whom the anniversary of the cession brings mixed emotions, including immense loss but also optimism.
—William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, The Conversation, 29 Mar. 2017
Meanwhile, Schlafly joined Loeb and other conservative leaders on the Emergency Committee to Save the U.S. Canal Zone to lambast any cession of the Canal as threatening the nation’s security.
—Aaron Coy Moulton / Made By History, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
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Samuel Moyn, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
By the time of the cession, only 50,000 Indigenous people were estimated to be left, as well as 483 Russians and 1,421 Creoles (descendants of Russian men and Indigenous women).
—William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, The Conversation, 29 Mar. 2017
The other is from the perspective of my people, who have lived in Alaska for thousands of years, and for whom the anniversary of the cession brings mixed emotions, including immense loss but also optimism.
—William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, The Conversation, 29 Mar. 2017
Meanwhile, Schlafly joined Loeb and other conservative leaders on the Emergency Committee to Save the U.S. Canal Zone to lambast any cession of the Canal as threatening the nation’s security.
—Aaron Coy Moulton / Made By History, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Cession.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cession. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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cession
noun
ces·sion
ˈsesh-ən 
: a giving over (as of territory or rights) to another
Legal Definition
cession
noun
ces·sion
ˈse-shən
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 especially by treaty
such district…as may, by cession of particular States…become the seat of the government of the United States—U.S. Constitution art. I
U.S. Constitution art. I2
: the monetary amount of liability ceded by an insurer to a reinsurer compare concession
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