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Retrocession

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Retrocession, a re-assignment of inheritable rights to the cedent or original assignor, Civ. Law.

Means the act of ceding something back (such as a territory or jurisdiction); the return of a title or other interest in property back to its former rightful owner, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1318.

Means the act of ceding something back, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1318

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