English Dictionary: Cassation | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cassation \Cas*sa"tion\, n. [F. cassation. See {Cass}.] The act of annulling. A general cassation of their constitutions. --Motley. {Court of cassation}, the highest court of appeal in France, which has power to quash (Casser) or reverse the decisions of the inferior courts. |