cassation
French → English
(law) Annulment: the quashing of a legal judgment or procedure by a higher court.
L'avocat a conseillé à son client de se pourvoir en cassation pour contester le jugement final.
(English) The lawyer advised his client to appeal to the court of cassation to contest the final judgment.
La cassation d’un testament peut être demandée s'il y a des irrégularités de forme.
(English) The annulment of a will can be requested if there are formal irregularities.
(military) Demotion: the reduction of a soldier or officer to a lower rank as a punishment.
L'idée de la cassation terrorisait le vaguemestre qui avait perdu un message militaire important.
(English) The idea of demotion terrified the mail orderly who had lost an important military message.
Suite à sa faute grave, il a subi une cassation immédiate au rang de simple soldat de base.
(English) Following his serious mistake, he underwent an immediate demotion to the rank of basic private.
Entry ID: fr:en:cassation · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary