cessio, ōnis, f. [1. cedo]; only in jurid. lang.
I A giving up , surrendering : abalienatio est ejus rei, quae mancipi est, aut traditio alteri nexo aut in jure cessio, Cic. Top. 5, 28; Dig. 42, 3 tit.; Gai Inst. 3, 78; v. Dict. of Antiq., de cessione bonorum.— *
II Diei, the approach of a term , Dig. 36, 2, 7.