cedent, a. and n.
(ˈsiːdənt)
[ad. L. cēdent-em, pr. pple. of cēdĕre to cede.]
† A. as adj. ‘Giving place, departing, yielding’. Obs. rare—0.
| 1656 in Blount Glossogr. |
B. n. Rom. and Sc. Law. One who assigns property to another.
| 1592 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1597) §145 The cedent remainis Rebelle and at the Horne. 1754 Erskine Princ. Sc. Law (1809) 345 Letters of diligence, which have been issued in the name of the cedent, cannot be executed by the messenger in the assignee's name. 1818 Colebrooke Oblig. & Contracts I. 210 The right passes..from the cedent to the cessionary. [1880 Muirhead Ulpian xix. §9 Cession in court..is accomplished by cooperation of three persons,—the cedent, the vindicant, and the addicent.] |