Legal Definition and Related Resources of Cease

To leave off; bring to an end, to come to an end; break off or taper off; to a stop. To give over or bring to an end an activity or an action . Liller v Logsdon 275 A.2d 469, 261 Md. 367.

verb

• abate
• abrogate
• abstain from
• adjourn
• annul
• arrest
• be all over
• be at an end
• be silent
• become void
• bring to an end
• cancel
• cause to halt
• check
• close
• come to a close
• come to a standstill
• come to an end
• conclude
• consummate
• culminate
• desinere
• desist
• desistere
• discontinue
• draw to a close
• drop
• end
• expire
• extinguish
• finish
• forbear
• get through
• give over
• halt
• hold off
• intermit
• interrupt
• lapse
• leave off
• make an end of
• pause
• put a stop to
• put an end to
• quell
• quit
• refrain
• relinquish
• remain
• run its course
• stanch
• stay
• stem
• stop
• stop work
• surcease
• suspend
• terminate
• vacate
• withdraw
• Associated Concepts: cease and desistorder
• cease doing business
• cease from occupying
• cease to act
• cease to do businessforeign phrases: Cessante causa
• cessat effectus
• When the cause ceases
• the effect ceases
• Cessante ratione legis
• cessat et ipsa lex
• the law itself also ceases

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