| But it did not cede Taiwan because among legal experts, there is a consensus that cession requires the stipulation of both donor and recipient. |
| Most Chickasaws settled primarily in three or four towns in the fertile BlackBelt Prairie throughout most of the historic period before cession. |
| To soothe them with the news of the cession of the seaport strip was his hope. |
| The cession of Hong Kong, which Palmerston had never wanted, was no substitute for the opening of more ports to trade. |
| Strategically speaking, the Florida cession closed a vulnerable point in American coastal defenses. |
| That disputed territory is only a small part of what the texian cession would be. |
