cession

A treaty of cession was signed by the two countries in May 1956.

An important political change was the town's cession to Bavaria in 1816.

In 1763 the Creeks agreed to the first of several large land cessions.

This cession, however, did not take practical effect till March 1665.

Myth was very much reality in the years preceding and following cession.

The deed of cession was issued on 13 September 1786.

Accordingly, the cession of 31 December 1984, was a valid one.

Pell was the most likely cession to ask; and that could not be allowed.

A separate article was concerned with the cession of hostilities.

A flicker of con- cession passed over his face and then was gone.

He effectively ruled the island from 1878 until his cession to Chile in 1888.

In the situation of a territorial cession, there must be a formal peace treaty.

That right was transferred by cession to the bank before liquidation.

Formal cession by Samoan chiefs took place in 1900 and 1904.

The cessions at present proposed are not, however, satisfactory.

The cession to Spain was finally revealed in 1764.

Both of these governments were favorable toward the cession.

Then the gates were thrown open and the pro- cession set out for the grove.

He did not personally negotiate the whole land cession, nor was it done in a single treaty.

In law, the party transferring a personal claim in the act called cession.

The majority of it was gained by cession, coerced or otherwise.

They were unanimously opposed to further cession of land.

The cession of this territory from Mexico was a major goal of the war.

The French abandoned the area for good after the cession of Louisiana.

Done in quick cession it sounds as though a chirp sound is being produced.