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pher, antiquary, fculptor, architect; an adept in the He¬ 
brew, Greek, Latin, Arabic, and Italian languages ; a 
great poet, and a prolific author. He died in 1608, aged 
upwards of 70. 
CESS, f. [probably corrupted from cenfe ; fee Cense; 
though imagined by Junius to be derived from faifire, to 
fidze.] A levy made upon the inhabitants of a place, rated 
according to their property.—The Wk&cefs is aifo charged 
upon the country Ibmetimes for victualling the foldiers, 
when they lie in garrifon. Sfevfir. —The aft of laying 
rates. It feerns to have been tiled by Shakefpeare for 
bounds or limits, though it (land for rate, reckoning. 
—[ pr’thee, Tom, beat Cutt’s (addle, put a few flocks 
in the point; the poor jade is wrung in the withers out of 
all cefs. Skakefpcare. 
To CESS, <v. a. To rate ; to lay charge on.— ~$ 7 e are to 
confider how much land there is in all Uilter, that, accord¬ 
ing to the quantity thereof, we may cefs the faid rent, and 
'allowance illuing thereout. 
To CESS, as. n. To omit a legal duty. See Cessor. 
CES'SARES, a territory northward of Patagonia, in 
South America, in the 4.8th deg. of S. lat. inhabited by a 
mixed tribe of that name, defcended from the Spaniards, 
being the people of three fliips that were wrecked on this 
coalt in 1 540. 
CESS A'TION, f. ymfltotio* Lat.] A flop ; a reft.—The 
day was yearly oblerved for a feltival, by cejfation from 
labour, and by retorting to church. Haynxiard. 
True piety, without cejfation toft 
By theories, the praftic part is loft. Denham , 
Vacation; fufpenflon.—The rifingof aparliamentis akind 
of cefj'ation from politics. Addifon. —End of aftion; the 
ftate of ceafing to aft —The ferum, which is mixed with 
an alkali, being poured out to that which is mixed with 
an acid, raifeth an effervefcence ; at the cejfation of which, 
the falts, of which the acid was compofed, will be regene- 
tated. Arbuthnot. —A paufe of hoftility, without peace. 
—When thefuccours of the poor proteftants in Ireland 
were diverted, I was intreated to get them forne reipite, 
by a cejfation. King Charles. 
CESS A'VIT,/. inlaw, a writ which lies by (lie flats, of 
Gloucefter, 6 E. 1. and Weftm. 2. 13 E.‘i. when a man, 
who holds lands by rent or other fervices, neglefts or 
ceafes to perform'his fervices for two years together ; or 
where a religious houfe hath lands given it, on condition 
of performing fome certain Ipiritual fervice, as reading 
prayers, or giving alms, and neglects it; in either of which 
cales if the cdfer or negleft fhall have continued for two 
years, the lord or donor and his heirs fltall have a writ of 
ccJ'anjit to recover the land itfelf. F.N.B. 20%. In fome 
inftances relating to religious houfes, called Ccjfavit de 
Cantarid. By the flat, of Gloucefter, the cejfavit does not 
lie for lands let upon fee-farm rents, uniefs they have lain 
frefh and uncultivated for two years, and there be not 
lufticient cliftrefs upon the premiles, or uniefs the tenant 
hath fo enclofed the land, that the lord cannot come upon 
it to diftrain. 2 Inf. 298. For the law prefers the Ample 
and ordinary remedies, by diftrels, &c. to this extraordi¬ 
nary cne of forfeiture ; and therefore the fame ftatute lias 
provided farther, that on tender of arrears and damages 
before judgment, and giving fecurity for the future per¬ 
formance of the fervices, (that he will no more ceale,) the 
procefs fhall be at an end, and the tenant fhall retain his 
land, to which the flat, of Weft. 2, conforms lo far as 
■may Hand with convenience and reafon of law. 2 I/Jf. 
401. 
The flats. 4 Geo. II. and 11 Geo. II. c. 19, feem evi¬ 
dently borrowed from the above ancient writ of cejfanjit. 
The former of theie ftatutes permits landlords who have 
a right of re-entry for non-payment of rent, to lerve an 
ejeftment on their tenants when half a year’s rent is due, 
and no lufticient diltrefs on the premifes. See Eject¬ 
ment. And the fame remedy is in fubftance adopted by 
■.the flat. 11 Geo. II. c. 16, which enafts, that where any 
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tenant at rack rent fhall be one year’s rent in arrear, aha 
fhall defert the demifed premifes, leaving the fame uncul¬ 
tivated or unoccupied, fo that no fuflicient diftrefs can be 
bad, two juftices of the pence (after notice affixed on the 
premifes forfourteen days) may give the landlord poflefTion 
thereof; and the leafefhalibevojd. SeeDisTREss. By.ftat. 
Welt. 2, tne heir of the demandant may maintain a cejfa- 
as'it againft the heir or aftignee of the tenant. But in other 
cafes, the heir may not bring this writ for ceflure in the 
time of his anceltor: and it lies not but for annual ler- 
vice, rent, and iuch like; not for homage or fealty. Nexo 
Nat. By. 463. The lord fhall have a writ of cejfaasit 
againft tenant for life, where the remainder is over in fee 
•to another: but the donor of an eftate-tail (hall not have 
a cejfavit againft the tenant in tail ; though if a man 
make a gift in tail, the remainder over in fee to another, 
or to the heirs of the tenant in tail, there the lord of whom 
tlie lands are holden immediate, fhall have a ccjfavit 
againft the tenant in tail, becaufe that he is tenant to him, 
&c. If the lord diftrains pending the writ of cejfa-uit 
■againft his tenant, the writ fhall abate. The writ ceJJ'a-vit 
is dhefted to the fheriff. 
CESSENON', a town of France, in the department of 
Herault, and chief place of a canton, in the diftrift of 
St. Pons-de Thomieres: three leagues north of Beziers. 
CESSIBFLITY, f. [from cedo, cejfion , Lat.] The 
quality of receding, or giving way, without refiftance. 
■— 1 / the fubjeft ftrucken be of a proportionate cejfibility, 
■it feerns to dull and deaden the ftroke; whereas, if the 
tiling ftrucken be hard, the ftroke leems to lofie no force, 
but to work greater effeft. Digby. 
CES'SIBLE, adj. [from cedo , cejfum, Lat.] Eafy to give 
way.—If the parts of the ftrucken body be fo ealiiy cejfible, 
as without difficulty the ftroke can divide them, then it 
enters into Inch a body, till it has fpent its force. Digby. 
CESSIEU'X, a town of France, in the department of 
the Here, and chief place of a canton, in the diftrift of La 
Tour du Pin : twenty-leven miles eaft-fouth-eaft of Lyons. 
CES'SION, f. \_cejficn, Fr. ccjjio , Lat.] Retreat; the 
aft of giving way.-r-Sound is not produced without fome . 
refiftance, either in the air or the body percufled ; for if 
there be a mere yielding, or cejfion, it produceth no found. 
Bacon —Refignation ; the aft of yielding up or quitting 
-to another.—A parity in their council would make and 
/ecure the beft peace they can with France, by a cejfion of 
Flanders to that crown, in exchange for other provinces. 
'Temple. 
CES'SION, J. [ cejfio , Lat. to ceafe.] In law, a ceafing) 
yielding up, or giving over. When an ecclefiaftical per- 
Ion is created bifhop, or a parfon of a parfonage takes an¬ 
other benefice, without difpenfation or being otherwife 
not qualified, &c. in both cafes'their firft benefices art 
become void, and are in the law faid to be void b y cejfion-. 
•and to thofe benefices that the perfon had who was created 
bifhop, the king fhall prefent for that time, whoever is pa- 
tronof them; and,intheothercafe, the patron may prefent, 
Coxvel. But cefiion in the cafe of bilhops does not take 
place till confecration. Dyer 223. No perfon is entitled to 
difpenfation, but chaplains of the king and others menti- 
onedin the flat. 21H.8.C. 13; the brethren, and the tons 
oflords and knights, (not of baronets) and doftors and 
bachelors of divinity and law in the univerfities -of this 
realm. 1 Comm. 392. Both the livings muft have cure of 
fouls ; and the ftatute exprefsly excepts deaneries, arch¬ 
deaconries, chancellorfhips, treafurerfhips, chanterfhips, 
prebends, and finecure reftories. In cafe of a cefiion un¬ 
der the ftatute, the church is fo far void upon inftitution 
to the fecond living, that the patron may take notice of 
it, and prefent if hepleafes ; but it feems that a lapfeuvill 
not incur from the time of inftitution againft the patron, 
uniefs notice be given him ; but it will froiU the time of 
induftion. 2 Wilf. 200. 3 Burr. 1504. 
CES'SIONARY, adj. As, a cejfionary bankrupt, one 
who has delivered up all his effefts. Martin. 
CESS'MENT, n.J. An afleflment or tax. 
CESSOR, 
