rēscissĭo

ōnis, f.
I. a making void, annulling, rescinding, rescission (in jurid. and eccl. Lat.).
I. Lit.: prioris decreti, Dig. 50, 9, 5: emptionis, ib. 43, 24, 11 fin.: emancipationis, ib. 37, 4, 3.—
II. Trop.: mortis, Tert. Res. Carn. 57, 5; cf. id. adv. Marc. 2, 7.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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