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Retrocession

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The transfer of risk from one reinsurer to another. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    The return of land, rights, etc. previously ceded. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    Metastasis of an eruption or tumour from the surface to the interior of the body. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    The act of retroceding; a going back. countable, uncountable

    "For example, suppose the Moon to be placed in 10° of any sign: suppose Saturn to pass over that spot and attain to the 15th degree of the same sign, and there become stationary; that his retrocession carries him back to the 8th degree, […]"

Etymology

Compare French rétrocession. See retrocede.

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