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<h1>Cess</h1> <Xpage=235>

<hw>Cess</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cesser</ets>. See <er>Cease</er>.]</ety> <def>To cease; to neglect.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Cessant</h1> <Xpage=235>

<hw>Ces"sant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cessans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>cessare</ets>. See <er>Cease</er>.]</ety> <def>Inactive; dormant</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>W. Montagu.</i>

<h1>Cessation</h1> <Xpage=235>

<hw>Ces*sa"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cessation</ets>, L. <ets>cessatio</ets>, fr. <ets>cessare</ets>. See <er>Cease</er>.]</ety> <def>A ceasing of discontinuance, as of action, whether termporary or final; a stop; <as>as, a <ex>cessation</ex> of the war</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The temporary <b>cessation</b> of the papal iniquities. <i>Motley.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The day was yearly observed for a festival by <b>cessation</b> from labor. <i>Sir J. Hayward.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Cessation of arms</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>an armistice, or truce, agreed to by the commanders of armies, to give time for a capitulation, or for other purposes.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Stop; rest; stay; pause; discontinuance; intermission; interval; respite; interruption; recess; remission.</syn>

<h1>Cessavit</h1> <Xpage=235>

<hw>Ces*sa"vit</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., he has ceased.]</ety> <mark>[O. Eng. Law]</mark> <def>A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.</def>

<h1>Cesser</h1> <Xpage=235>

<hw>Ces"ser</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Cess</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>a neglect of a tenant to perform services, or make payment, for two years.</def>

<h1>Cessible</h1> <Xpage=235>

<hw>Ces"si*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cessible</ets>. See <er>Cession</er>.]</ety> <def>Giving way; yielding.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Ces`si*bil"i*ty</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</i> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<i>Sir K. Digby.</i>

<h1>Cession</h1> <Xpage=235>

<hw>Ces"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cessio</ets>, fr. <ets>cedere</ets> to give way: cf. F. <ets>Cession</ets>. See <er>Cede</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A yielding to physical force.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Concession; compliance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>cession</b> of the island of New Orleans. <i>Bancroft.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Eccl. Law)</fld> <def>The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Civil Law)</fld> <def>The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.</def>

<h1>Cessionary</h1> <Xpage=235>