Note: this article name (or a redirect to it) is a homophone with session. Homonyms (in Greek homoios = identical and onoma = name) are words which have the same form (orthographic/phonetic) but unrelated meaning. ... Note: this article name (or a redirect to it) is a homophone with cession. ...

Most broadly, cession (to cede) is the assignment of property to another entity. It commonly refers to land, such as the result of war or treaty. // Use of the term The concept of property or ownership has no single or universally accepted definition. ... Land is sometimes used synonymously with country. ... An act of war - the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan during World War II War is a state of widespread conflict between states, organisations, or relatively large groups of people, which is characterised by the use of violent, physical force between combatants or upon civilians. ... A treaty is a binding agreement under international law concluded by subjects of international law, namely states and international organizations. ...

In one example, Maryland and Virginia both ceded land in 1790 to become the District of Columbia, specified in the U.S. Constitution of the previous year. The Virginia portion was given back in 1842, a process known as retrocession. State nickname: Old Line State; Free State Other U.S. States Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Governor Robert L. Ehrlich (R) Official languages English Area 32,160 km² (42nd)  - Land 25,338 km²  - Water 6,968 km² (21%) Population (2000)  - Population 5,296,486 (19th)  - Density 165 /km² (5th) Admission... State nickname: Old Dominion Other U.S. States Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Governor Mark R. Warner (D) Official languages English Area 110,862 km² (35th)  - Land 102,642 km²  - Water 8,220 km² (7. ... 1790 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... ... Page I of the Constitution of the United States of America Page II of the United States Constitution Page III of the United States Constitution Page IV of the United States Constitution The Syng inkstand, with which the Constitution was signed The Constitution of the United States is the supreme... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Territory can also be ceded for payment, such as in the Louisiana Purchase and Alaska Purchase. Even fraud can be involved, such as in the Treaty of New Echota, whereby lands already taken in 1832 by outright theft of the U.S. state of Georgia were later "ceded" by to the state by a Cherokee leader. A territory is a defined area (including land and waters), usually considered to be a possession of an animal, person, organization, or institution. ... From Frank Bond, Louisiana and the Louisiana Purchase. ... The Alaska Purchase from Russia by the United States occurred in 1867 at the behest of Secretary of State William Seward. ... The Treaty of New Echota was a removal treaty signed in New Echota, Georgia by officials of the United States government and several members of a faction within the Cherokee nation on December 29, 1835. ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... A U.S. state is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, together with the District of Columbia and Palmyra Atoll (an uninhabited incorporated unorganized territory), form the United States of America. ... Alternate meanings: Cherokee (disambiguation) The Cherokee are a people native to North America who at time of European contact in the 16th century inhabited what is now the eastern and southeastern United States before most were forcefully moved to the Ozark Plateau. ...

A similar concept to cession is concession, while recession is somewhat different. In politics, a concession is the act of a candidate yielding to the other condidate. ... A recession is usually defined in macroeconomics as a fall of a countrys real Gross National Product in two or more successive quarters of a year. ...