cesser

/ ˈsɛsə /

noun

1. law the coming to an end of a term interest or annuity

Example Sentences

Est-ce un malheur si grand que de cesser de vivre?

From Project Gutenberg

At last, on December the 10th, 1508, the League of Cambray was signed by Margaret of Austria and the Cardinal of Amboise, 'pour faire cesser les dommages, 94 injures, rapines, et maux que les V�nitiens ont faits tant au Saint-Si�ge apostolique qu'au Saint Empire Romain, � la Maison d'Autriche, aux Ducs de Milan, aux Rois de Naples, etc.'

From Project Gutenberg

Besides the property of which the deceased was competent to dispose at his death, the aggregated estate includes property in which he had an interest ceasing on his death, from the cesser of which a benefit accrues, or which was disposed of by him within twelve months of death, or at any time, with reservation of an interest to himself.

From Project Gutenberg

The extent to 792 which property is deemed to pass on the cesser of a limited interest is measured by the proportion of the income to which the interest extended, without regard to the tenure of the deceased or his successor.

From Project Gutenberg

He met his fate valiantly and consistently, reading, on his way to the scaffold, his master’s noble Hymne de la mort, and turning at the instant of doom towards the palace of Holyrood, to address to his unseen mistress the famous farewell—“Adieu, toi si belle et si cruelle, qui me tues et que je ne puis cesser d’aimer.”

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