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cassation

/ka-sey-shuhn, kuh-/US // kæˈseɪ ʃən, kə- //UK // (kæˈseɪʃən) //

撤销权

Definitions

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

Examples

  • On the fall of Robespierre he returned to France, and in 1797 became a member of the court of cassation.

  • His subsequent appeal to obtain a reversal of his sentence was rejected by the Court of Cassation in 1855.

  • The Cour de Cassation decided for a fresh trial by court-martial.

  • If it pronounces cassation it remits the case to the hearing of a court of the same order.

  • The cour de cassation can review the decision of any other tribunal, except administrative courts.