Also 6 ceasser, 6, 9 (incorrectly) cessor. [a. F. cesser to cease; the infin. being used subst. as in trover, misnomer.]
1. Law. Ceasing (of a tenant) to pay rent, or perform legal duties, for the space of two years.
1531. Dial. Laws of Eng., II. xxxiv. (1638), 122. The sufferance of the Abbot onely may disherit the house, as by his ceasser.
1555. Perkins, Prof. Bk., v. § 389 (1642), 168. The cessor doth not lye in any act done by the husband.
1741. T. Robinson, Gavelkind, iv. 42. The Lord may enter for the Cesser of his Tenant.
1755. Carte, Hist. Eng., IV. 21. Upon a cesser in the king’s case, no receipt for 100 years together would make it good, or hinder the estate from being avoided.
2. A coming to an end; cessation, termination.
1809. Tomlins, Law Dict., Cessure, or cesser; ceasing, giving over; or departing from.
1844. Williams, Real Prop. (1877), 412. If a proviso for cesser of the term should not be inserted in the deed by which it is created.
1883. J. Payne, 1001 Nts., III. 172. Wherefore it is God’s gift to thee, for the cesser of thine ill fortune.
1884. Ld. Coleridge, in Law Times Rep., 8 March, 48/1. There is a condition in the charter-party providing for a cesser of the liability of the charterers as soon as the cargo is on board.
† 3. Vacation of office, abdication; = CESSION 2.
1689. Proposals, in 7th Coll. Papers Pres. Juncture of Affairs, 1. This seems to be a Cesser of this Government, and may amount to as much as if he had died.
1689. Consid. Succession & Alleg., 6. To comprehend all kinds of Cesser from the Government, whether by Death or otherwise.
Cesser2, var. of CESSON, SESSOR.
