What is Cession?
The act of '''cession''' is the transfer of [[property]] to another entity (person, country, etc.). In [[international law]], it commonly refers to [[land borders|land]] transferred by a [[treaty]]. It is different from [[annexation]], where property is taken by force. Cession is voluntary or is supposed to be. ==Retrocession== {{Wiktionary|retrocession}} '''Retrocession''' is to return something (e.g., land) that was ceded. ==Related pages== * [[Border dispute]] [[Category:International law]]