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