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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CASSATION

n.The act of annulling. In France there is a court of Cassation.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CASSATION

Cas *sa "tion, n. Etym: [F. cassation. See Cass. ]

Defn: 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.

New American Oxford Dictionary

cassation

cas sa tion |kaˈsāSHən kəˈseɪʃən | ▶noun Music an informal instrumental composition of the 18th century, similar to a divertimento and originally often for outdoor performance. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from German Kassation ‘serenade, ’ from Italian cassazione.

Oxford Dictionary

cassation

cassation |kəˈseɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun Music an informal instrumental composition of the 18th century, similar to a divertimento and often performed outdoors. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from German Kassation ‘serenade ’, from Italian cassazione.