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Definition :

Cession, a ceasing, yielding up, or giving over. By 21 Hen. 8, c. 13 (repealed by the Pluralities Act, 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 106), if any one having a benefice of 8l. per annum, or upwards, accepted any other, the first was adjudged void, unless he obtained a dispensation. A vacancy thus made, for want of a dispensation, was called cession. See Plurality.