▪ I. cassation1
(kæˈseɪʃən)
[ad. late L. cassātiōn-em, n. of action f. cassāre; see cass v. So in F.]
1. The action of making null or void; cancellation, abrogation.
Court of Cassation [Fr. Cour de cassation], in France, the appellation of the supreme court of appeal, as having the power in the last resort to alter, or cancel, or quash (casser) decisions of the other courts which are wrong in form or law.
| c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. ix. xxiii. 70 Quhen of þir Electiownys Twa fell sic Cassatiownys. 1611 Cotgr., Cassation, a cassation, a quashing, cassing, breaking. a 1619 Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 112 There was no cassation of the first [election]. 1750 Beawes Lex Mercat. (1752) 369 Under penalty of Cassation and being mulct. 1850 Alison Hist. Europe II. vi. §29. 28 A new Tribunal, entitled the Court of Cassation, was established at Paris to revise the sentences of inferior tribunals. 1855 Motley Dutch Rep. i. ii. (1866) 81 By a general cassation of all their constitutions. |
† 2. Dismissal of a soldier; cashiering. Obs.
| 1602 Segar Hon. Mil. & Civ. xxv. 32 Cassation causary or reasonable, in consideration of sicknesse or disability, etc...Cassation ignominious, was for some offence, etc. |
▪ II. cassation2 Mus.
(kæˈseɪʃən)
[a. G. kassation serenade, ad. It. cassazione.]
A piece of instrumental music of the eighteenth century similar to the serenade, and often performed out of doors.
| 1879 Grove Dict. Mus. I. 319/1 Cassation..designates a piece of music of the last century, for the open air..much like the Serenade. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 663/1 The cassation is a smaller composition [than the serenade], beginning (like Beethoven's serenade op. 8) with a march. 1983 New Oxf. Compan. Mus. I. 680/2 Finalmusik... A type of piece related to the divertismento, serenade, or cassation which ended an outdoor concert. |