Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Cassation
Cas·sa′tion (kăs·sā′shŭn), n. [F. cassation. See Cass.] The act of annulling.
A general cassation of their constitutions. Motley.
Court of cassation, the highest court of appeal in France, which has power to quash (Casser) or reverse the decisions of the inferior courts.