cassation

[ ka-sey-shuhn, kuh- ]

noun
  1. annulment; cancellation; reversal.

  2. Music. an 18th-century instrumental suite for outdoor performance, similar to the divertimento and the serenade.

Origin of cassation

1
1375–1425; late Middle English cassacio(u)n<Medieval Latin cassātiōn- (stem of cassātiō), equivalent to Late Latin cassāt(us) past participle of cassāre to annul (cass- variant of Latin quass- (see quash) + -ātus-ate1) + -iōn--ion

Other words from cassation

  • cas·sa·tion·al, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for cassation

cassation

/ (kæˈseɪʃən) /


noun
  1. mainly law (esp in France) annulment, as of a judicial decision by a higher court

Origin of cassation

1
C15: from Old French, from Medieval Latin cassātiō, from Late Latin cassāre to cancel, from Latin quassāre to quash

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