cassation









cassation


noun

  1. annulment; cancellation; reversal.
  2. Music. an 18th-century instrumental suite for outdoor performance, similar to the divertimento and the serenade.

noun

  1. mainly law (esp in France) annulment, as of a judicial decision by a higher court
n.

“anullment,” early 15c., from Old French cassation, from casser, from Late Latin cassare, from Latin quassare (see quash).

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