Cession

n.
  1. A yielding to physical force.
  2. Concession; compliance.
  3. A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding.
  4. (Eccl. Law) The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation.
  5. (Civil Law) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.