retrocession

retrocession
ret·ro·ces·sion /'re-trə-ˌse-shən/ n [French rétrocession, from Medieval Latin retrocessio retreat, from Late Latin, act of going back, from Latin retrocedere to go back]
1: the return of title to property to its former or true owner; specif in the civil law of Louisiana: the return to a decedent's heirs of property of the decedent that had been sold or assigned by coheirs
◇ An heir's right to retrocession has been repealed.
2: the act of ceding back something (as jurisdiction)
3 a: the process by which all or part of the risks assumed in an insurance contract are reassigned or ceded by a reinsurer to another insurance company
b: the amount reassigned or ceded

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

retrocession
index decline, relapse, reversion (act of returning)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006

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