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cessio, ōnis, f. [1. cedo]; only in jurid. lang.

  1. I. A giving up, surrendering: abalienatio est ejus rei, quae mancipi est, aut traditio alteri nexo aut in jure cessio, Cic. Top. 5, 28; Dig. 42, 3 tit.; Gai Inst. 3, 78; v. Dict. of Antiq., de cessione bonorum.
  2. * II. Diei, the approach of a term, Dig. 36, 2, 7.