CESSION

cession (sesh-<<schwa>>n).1. The act of relinquishing property rights. 2.Int’l law. The relinquishment or transfer of land from one nation to another, esp. after a war, as part of the price of peace. [Cases: Indians  11.C.J.S. Indians § 71.] 3. The land so relinquished or transferred. [Blacks Law 8th]