cassation

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cassation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cassation \Cas*sa"tion\, n. [F. cassation. See Cass.]
     The act of annulling.
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           A general cassation of their constitutions. --Motley.
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     Court of cassation, the highest court of appeal in France,
        which has power to quash (Casser) or reverse the decisions
        of the inferior courts.
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cassation - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  CASSATION, French law. A decision which emanates from the sovereign 
  authority, and by which a sentence or judgment in the last resort is 
  annulled., Merl. Rep. h.t. This jurisdiction is now given to the Cour de 
  Cassation. 
       2. This court is composed of fifty-two judges, including four 
  presidents, an attorney-general, and six substitutes, bearing the title of 
  advocates general; a chief clerk, four subordinate clerks, and eight 
  huissiers. Its jurisdiction extends to the examination and superintendence 
  of the judgments and decrees of the inferior court, both in civil and 
  criminal cases. It is divided into three sections, namely, the section des 
  requetes, the section civile, and the section criminelle. Merl. Rep. mots 
  Cour de Cassation.