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Abtretung

Substantiv

partial

cession

noun

Comparative law notes

Germany

This English term is seldom used anymore. It obviously derives from the same cognate of the German word "Zession".

Definitions of cession

English

the formal action of giving up rights, property, or territory by agreement. The term is often used to describe a state formally giving up rights, property, or territory.

The 1938 Munich Conference resulted in the cession of the Sudetenland to Germany.