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cassation

cas·sa·tion [ kə sáysh'n, ka sáysh'n ] (plural cas·sa·tions)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. court of appeal: a court of appeal in countries that follow the Napoleonic code of civil law

2. serenade for instruments: an 18th-century instrumental work similar in form to a divertimento

[15th century. < Latin cassat-, past participle of cassare "annul"]
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