From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The act of
cession
is the transfer of
property
to another entity (person, country, etc.). In
international law
, it commonly refers to
land
transferred by a
treaty
. It is different from
annexation
, where property is taken by force. Cession is voluntary or is supposed to be.
Retrocession
is to return something (e.g., land) that was ceded.
