secession

secession
index desertion, lapse (expiration), resignation (relinquishment), revolt, schism

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


secession
The act of withdrawing from membership in a group.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


secession
The act of withdrawing from membership in a group.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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  • Secession — (derived from the Latin term secessio) is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or especially a political entity. It is not to be confused with succession, the act of following in order or sequence.ecession TheoryMainstream… …   Wikipedia

  • SÉCESSION — Acte par lequel une partie de la population d’un État, majoritaire dans un espace territorial donné, se sépare volontairement de cet État soit pour constituer elle même une collectivité étatique indépendante, soit pour se réunir à un autre État.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Secession — Secession, auch Sezession (aus dem Lateinischen secessio für Abspaltung, Absonderung), bezeichnet in der Kunst die Abwendung meist einer Künstlergruppe von einer als nicht mehr zeitgemäß empfundenen Kunstrichtung. Historische Secessionen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Secession — Sécession Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sécession est un nom commun ou plus rarement un nom propre qui peut désigner : La sécession, un acte politique. Sécession, le nom d une… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • secession — SECESSIÓN s.n. Denumire dată grupărilor artistice de avangardă, apărută în ţările germanice la sfârşitul sec. XIX. ♢ Stil secession = stil în artele decorative în Occident. [pron. se se sion. / < fr. sécession]. Trimis de LauraGellner,… …   Dicționar Român

  • Secession — Se*ces sion (s[ e]*s[e^]sh [u^]n), n. [L. secessio: cf. F. s[ e]cession. See {Secede}.] 1. The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or association with others, as in a religious or political organization; withdrawal. [1913 Webster] 2. (U.S …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Secession MX — Secession MXa motorcross track founded (1981) in Anderson SC that hosted the American Motorcross Association Nationals on May 31, 1987. The track was designed by Bob Hannah. The track closed during the early 1991 due to county zoning after 10… …   Wikipedia

  • secession — (n.) 1530s, from L. secessionem (nom. secessio), noun of action from pp. stem of secedere secede, from se apart (see SECRET (Cf. secret)) + cedere to go (see CEDE (Cf. cede)). Originally in a Roman historical context, temporary migration of… …   Etymology dictionary

  • secession — [n] withdrawal breakaway, breakup, defection, disaffiliation, dissension, disunion, division, exiting, parting, rift, rupture, schism, separation, splinter group, split; concepts 135,195,211,297,388,000 …   New thesaurus

  • secession — ► NOUN ▪ the action of seceding from a federation or organization. DERIVATIVES secessionism noun …   English terms dictionary

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