cassation
Americannoun
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annulment; cancellation; reversal.
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Music. an 18th-century instrumental suite for outdoor performance, similar to the divertimento and the serenade.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of cassation
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 -ate 1 ) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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“An appeal, cassation and the Supreme Court are ahead, we will fight on,” Usmanova wrote.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 15, 2022
"A cassation appeal against the verdict was filed today," the lawyer representing him, Pavel Kosovan, told Interfax.
From Reuters • Jul. 4, 2022
But after France’s highest court, the Cour de cassation, ordered the appeals court to review its judgment, the lower court reversed course on Wednesday.
From New York Times • May 18, 2022
Francis Clarysse, a Ghent prosecutor, told The Associated Press that the prosecution now has 24 hours to decide whether to appeal the decision to Belgium’s highest court, the court of cassation.
From Seattle Times • May 17, 2022
He was placed in the office of the conventionel Jean Mailhe, who was advocate before the council of state and the court of cassation and was proscribed at the second restoration.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
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