Cessions

/ˈsɛʃənz/ noun

Definition

Plural form of cession; multiple acts of transferring or multiple things that are transferred.

Etymology

Simple plural of cession, maintaining the French-derived legal terminology.

Kelly Says

The Treaty of Westphalia (1648) included dozens of cessions between European powers—historians count them to understand how the modern nation-state system was literally constructed through territorial exchanges.

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