Legal Definition and Related Resources of Cesser

The cesser of a term, annuity, etc., takes place when it determines or comes to an end. A proviso for cesser was a provision in a settlement creating a long term of years to secure a sum of money, that the term should determine when the objects of the trust were fulfilled; rendered unnecessary by the Satisfied Terms Act, 1845

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English Legal System: Cesser

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Cesser :

The premature termination of some right or interest. For example, if land is held in trust for A for life so long as he does not marry and then for B, there is a cesser of A’s life interest if he marries. A mortgage under which the mortgagor attorns tenant of the mortgagee (See attornment) provides for cesser on redemption: thus the tenancy ends whenever the debt is repaid.