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.

cassation

/ kæˈseɪʃən /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• cassational adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cassation¹

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- ( quash ) + -ātus -ate ¹ ) + -iōn- -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of cassation¹

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

Example Sentences

The Court of Cassation found the lower court had wrongly reclassified the alleged crime of sabotage as a terrorism-related offence, and sent the case back for review by a different section of the Bologna Court of Appeal.

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The Court of Cassation in Rome rejected the ruling of an appeals court, instead sending back the case involving Serhii Kuznietsov -- accused of participation in a cell which placed explosives on the underwater pipelines in September 2022 -- to a new panel for review, reports said.

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They were echoing Rémy Heitz, the prosecutor general at the Court of Cassation - the highest court in France - who said earlier on Tuesday that there had been "very personalised attacks" and threats against the three judges who had determined Monday's verdicts.

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The Court of Cassation, France's highest court, later dismissed her appeal without explanation.

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If convicted, Salvini has said he will appeal against the verdict "all the way to the Supreme Court of Cassation" – Italy's highest court.

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