Cession
The act of cession is the assignment of
Examples
In 1790, the U.S. states of
Following the First Opium War (1839–1842) and Second Opium War (1856–1860), Hong Kong (Treaty of Nanking) and Kowloon (Convention of Peking) were ceded by the Qing dynasty government of China to the United Kingdom; and following defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War, Taiwan was ceded to the Empire of Japan in 1895.
Specific areas of law
Contract law
This is a yielding up, or release.[2] France ceded Louisiana to the United States by the treaty of Paris, of April 30, 1803. Spain made a cession of East and West Florida by the treaty of February 22, 1819. Cessions have been severally made of a part of their territory by New York, Virginia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia.
Civil law
Under the
Ecclesiastical law
When an ecclesiastic is created bishop, or when a parson or rector takes another benefice without dispensation, the first benefice becomes void by a legal cession, or surrender.
Retrocession
Retrocession is the return of something (e.g., land or territory) that was ceded in general or, specifically:
Examples:
- District of Columbia retrocession, the retrocession to Virginia, and potentially to Maryland, of the land ceded to create the District of Columbia
- Retrocession of Louisiana (New Spain) from Spain to France, formally accomplished just three weeks before the U.S. received the Louisiana Purchase lands from France
Disputed case
- The claimed "Taiwan retrocession" refers to the view that the Taiwan Retrocession Day.
In insurance, retrocessional arrangements generally are governed by a reinsurance or retrocessional agreement and the principles applicable to reinsurance also are applicable to retrocessional cover.
See also
- Boundary dispute
- Ecclesiastical ordinances
- Escheat
- Jurisdiction
- List of territory purchased by a sovereign nation from another sovereign nation