cassation

[ ka-sey-shuhn, kuh- ]

noun

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

cassation

/ kæˈseɪʃən /

noun

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

Other Words From

• cas·sation·al adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cassation¹

1375–1425; late Middle English cassacio ( u ) n < Medieval Latin cassātiōn- (stem of cassātiō ), equivalent to Late Latin cassāt ( us ) past participle of cassāre to annul ( cass- variant of Latin quass- ( quash ) + -ātus -ate ¹ ) + -iōn- -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of cassation¹

C15: from Old French, from Medieval Latin cassātiō, from Late Latin cassāre to cancel, from Latin quassāre to quash

Example Sentences

It has cited a 1968 Court of Cassation ruling that found no evidence that the statue belonged to Italy.

From Seattle Times

Iran has always denied any involvement but on 11 April, Argentina's Court of Cassation - the country's highest criminal court - ruled that Iran had planned the attack and that the Iran-backed group Hezbollah had carried it out.

From BBC

In a ruling obtained by The Associated Press, Argentina’s Court of Cassation deemed Iran and its Lebanese proxy, Hezbollah, responsible for the bombing in Buenos Aires that leveled the community center, killing 85 people, wounding 300 and devastating Latin America’s biggest Jewish community.

From Seattle Times

On Thursday, the Court of Cassation reduced by two years the six-year sentence of an Argentine judge accused of paying a witness $400,000, and upheld other sentences against former prosecutors.

From Seattle Times

In November, Italy’s highest Cassation Court threw out the slander conviction — the only remaining guilty verdict against Knox after the same court definitively threw out convictions for Kercher’s murder against Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, nine years ago.

From Seattle Times