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cassation

cassation

9.9
An act by a higher court that overturns a lower court decision
  • noun
  • /kæˈseɪʃən/
  • Formal
translation icon : cassación
  • The Supreme Court's cassation of the previous ruling set a new legal precedent.

Examples

  • The lawyer filed for cassation to challenge the lower court's decision.

  • After the cassation, the case was reopened for further review.

  • After the cassation of the contract, both parties had to renegotiate the terms.

  • The court issued a cassation of the previous ruling.

  • The Supreme Court's cassation of the previous ruling established a new standard for future cases.

  • The lawyer submitted a request for cassation to contest the appellate court's judgment.

  • Following the cassation, the case was sent back to the lower court for reconsideration.

Synonyms

reversal
vscassation
  • Formal
20 4.2

An official decision that cancels an earlier court decision

is annulment done by a higher court rather than any decision change
revocation
vscassation
  • Formal
9 7.3

An official decision to cancel something given or allowed before

is annulment by a higher court rather than cancellation of grants or rights
invalidation
vscassation
  • Formal
1 7.3

Official ending that makes a legal document or decision no longer accepted by law

is the overturning of a decision specifically by a superior court
annulation
vscassation
  • Formal
9.8

The act of making a legal agreement not valid

is annulment specifically by a higher court rather than general voiding

How Final

cassation
  • Formal
9.9
reversal
25 4.2

Surface Forms

cassation singular
cassations plural

Morphology

cassation = cass + ation

Although '-ation' indicates an action or process, the root is a loanborrowed stem not attested as an independent English word and the legal sense is specialized, so the meaning is not transparently derived by learners.

Etymology

Cassation comes from the French verb casser 'to break' and the Latin cassare 'to make void'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of 'breaking' a judgment, because a cassation is the act of canceling or overturning a legal decision.