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Cedent

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cedent"

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Word	Definition
cessionarynoun	The person who receives transfer or cession of a personal obligation from the cedent.
cessionnoun	The giving up of rights, property etc. which one is entitled to.
surrendereenoun	(law) The person to whom a surrender is made.
devolveenoun	(law) One to whom a right is transferred by devolution.
assigneenoun	One to whom a thing is assigned.
surrenderornoun	(law) One who makes a surrender, as of an estate.
cosignernoun	(law) A person who accepts joint responsibility for the debt of another
cessornoun	(law) In English law, one who is dilatory, negligent, and delinquent in his duty or service, and who thereby incurred the danger of the law, and was liable to have the writ of cessavit brought against him.
incumbrancenoun	(property law) An interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.
nomineenoun	A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.
dispositionnoun	Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
cessio bonorumnoun	(Scots law, historical) Before 1880, a debtor's surrender of his estate to his creditors in return for a judicial protection from imprisonment for his debts.
assignmentnoun	The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
granteenoun	The person to whom something is granted.
assignornoun	(law) The person or party which makes an assignment.
disponeenoun	(law, Scotland, historical) The person to whom any property is legally conveyed.
legateenoun	(law) One who receives a legacy (inheritance).
legatarynoun	A legatee.
releasenoun	(software) The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
debtholdernoun	(finance) An owner of a financial obligation of another party.