Cession vs Novation - What's the difference?
cession | novation |
That which is ceded. Insurance: (part of) a risk which is transferred from one actor to another.
The giving up of rights, property etc. which one is entitled to.
* 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy , X:
(legal) Replacement of a contract with one or more new contracts, in particular in financial markets the replacement of a contract between a particular buyer and seller with contracts between the clearing house and each party.
* Netting by novation will occur immediately upon registration of the transaction in the SCM's name. — London Clearing House submission to the CFTC [http://www.cftc.gov/opa/press98/opa4163-98-att.htm]
(legal) A new contract between the original contracting parties whereby the first obligation is extinguished and a new obligation is substituted.
* An example of a novation is where an original debt which was payable in two instalments is novated to become payable in five installments.
As nouns the difference between cession and novation
is that cession is that which is ceded insurance: (part of) a risk which is transferred from one actor to another while novation is (legal) replacement of a contract with one or more new contracts, in particular in financial markets the replacement of a contract between a particular buyer and seller with contracts between the clearing house and each party.cession
English
Noun
(en noun)- The reinsurance company accepted a 25% cession from the direct insurer.
- ‘Rashleigh, whose occasions frequently call him elsewhere, has generously made a cession of his rights in my favour; so that I now endeavour to prosecute alone the studies in which he used formerly to be my guide.’