'Cassation' definitions:
Definition of 'Cassation'
From: GCIDE
- Cassation \Cas*sa"tion\, n. [F. cassation. See Cass.] The act of annulling. [1913 Webster]
- A general cassation of their constitutions. --Motley. [1913 Webster]
- Court of cassation, the highest court of appeal in France, which has power to quash (Casser) or reverse the decisions of the inferior courts. [1913 Webster]