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Webster 1913 Edition


Cassation

Cas-sa′tion

,
Noun.
[F.
cassation
. See
Cass
.]
The act of annulling.
A general
cassation
of their constitutions.
Motley.
Court of cassation
,
the highest court of appeal in France, which has power to quash (
Casser
) or reverse the decisions of the inferior courts.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cassation

CASSATION

,
Noun.
The act of annulling. In France there is a court of Cassation.