rēscissĭo, ōnis, f. [rescindo, II.], a making void, annulling, rescinding, rescission (in jurid. and eccl. Lat.).
I Lit.: prioris decreti, Dig. 50, 9, 5: emptionis, ib. 43, 24, 11 fin. : emancipationis, ib. 37, 4, 3.—
II Trop.: mortis, Tert. Res. Carn. 57, 5; cf. id. adv. Marc. 2, 7.